jv_dh
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Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
A friend of mine built something similar: https://nutshell.social/
He calls it a slowcial network.
Comment · 5 years ago
> 95. Some types of sophistication won’t make you enjoy the object more, they’ll make you enjoy it less. For example, wine snobs don’t enjoy wine twice as much as you, they’re more keenly aware of how most wine isn’t good enough. Avoid sophistication that diminishes your enjoyment.
I disagree with this one. Even though sophistication means that one cannot enjoy bad wine/music/art/food as much, it also is the condition for having a full appreciation of the work of art you are enjoying.
Comment · 6 years ago
The thread about the post that was written by GPT-3: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23893817
More generally, if distractions are bothering you or are making you nervous, I would recommend meditation. Meditation is the practice of focussing on the present. Try the waking up app (https://wakingup.com/), it is a good reason-based introduction to the practice and theory of meditation.