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> We spend most of our lives playing a game: > Everything we do is in anticipation of the future. When that future comes, we simply reset to the next one. > “
by _gfwu 4y ago
> We spend most of our lives playing a game:
> Everything we do is in anticipation of the future. When that future comes, we simply reset to the next one.
> “I can’t wait until I’m 18 so I can [X].”
> “I can’t wait until I’m 25 so I can [Y]."
> “I can’t wait until I’m 45 so I can [Z]."
Really? Do "we"? I don't. Maybe Sahil does, but he also realised his parents were mortal and our lives are finite in his 30s (?). I find this trend on social media and in blogs where people make a personal discovery and frame it as if it applies to everyone really condescending. I don't even mean to sound so cynical, but somehow it just rubs me the wrong way.
The same with how he just assumes everyone was lucky enough to have parents who love and care about them (and each other).
- emadabdulrahim 4y agoSahil tends to write these clickbaity Twitter threads. I find that I vehemently dislike this style of writing. I'd much rather read the source of the ideas[0] than someone's unoriginal take on them. [0] https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html
- nyokodo 4y ago> he just assumes… He’s not assuming anything so much as writing for a target audience that perhaps of which you’re not a member.
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- nvarsj 4y agoIt's why I dislike LinkedIn so much. Almost every post on there sounds like this twitter post. Devoid of real meaning but meant to sound profound.