This post was a one-two punch for me. The first hit was “Otherwise these people are literally taking your life.” It had a screaming resonance in my head, not because of the specific case of arguing with people online (which is not a problem I have) but because of the general “time is life” idea that the linked Paul Graham post talks about.
The second hit was the paragraph about action. Another line that screamingly resonates in my head is “LET’S GOOOO”, which I first heard in reference to deploying the COVID vaccine. Somehow, it now feels to me like it applies to the whole human endeavour.
I love the Paul Graham post, and I noticed with delight that the URL’s slug is just “vb”, which presumably stands for vita brevis. Here are a couple links that contain similar messages.
This post was a one-two punch for me. The first hit was “Otherwise these people are literally taking your life.” It had a screaming resonance in my head, not because of the specific case of arguing with people online (which is not a problem I have) but because of the general “time is life” idea that the linked Paul Graham post talks about.
The second hit was the paragraph about action. Another line that screamingly resonates in my head is “LET’S GOOOO”, which I first heard in reference to deploying the COVID vaccine. Somehow, it now feels to me like it applies to the whole human endeavour.
I love the Paul Graham post, and I noticed with delight that the URL’s slug is just “vb”, which presumably stands for vita brevis. Here are a couple links that contain similar messages.
https://jsomers.net/blog/speed-matters
https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/11/09/ars-longa-vita-brevis/