There is a popular kind of article on Hacker News that is always 1/3 self-deception. The content of the article can be boiled down to three parts: A description of some cool accomplishment by the author or someone he knows The behaviors which lead to that accomplishment The world-view which allowed the accomplisher to feel comfortable with the behaviors For example, recently an article titled “How I...

What’s the next action for “be a kinder person”? After years of being a caregiver for someone with a debilitating neurological illness, the stress had taken its toll. I was unhappy with my life in a number of ways and I didn’t know how to deal with them. From day to day I: felt the emotional burden of watching someone suffer, knowing there was a limit to how much I could help. didn’t...