Resources

People often ask me "How did you learn how to hack?" The answer: by reading. This page is a collection of the blog posts and other articles that I have accumulated over the years of my journey. Enjoy!

The world is full of people who don't take their world and life seriously. As humans, it's hard to optimize for anything besides the pleasures in front of us. This article talks about how unserious the world is and the benefits of being serious.

Being labeled as serious takes time. If somebody claims to be serious, how can we be so sure? People may believe they are serious about something but may change their minds soon enough.

How do we stay around for a long time? You can't take yourself too seriously. If you hit too much of a roadblock that you can't shake off, you'll eventually quit. So, being able to enjoy what you're doing enough to where the consequences don't affect your being is crucial. Richard Feynman loved physics until he had to do it professionally. Once he stopped the whole "do important work" and just started tickering, he had all of the breakthroughs. I found this to be quite true in my own life.

According to the author, humans are not a serious species. We don't do enough to prepare ourselves for things that are hard, like marriage. We don't prepare ourselves because we don't want to know the truth of the matter. What's this person like in difficult times? What are their pet peeves and flaws? Do we have similar perspectives for kids? All hard things that should be asked but we don't.

The final gem in this article is to be honest with yourself about how serious you are. If you say your serious about something but you're really not, then you're wasting your time and others.