[HN Gopher] Pots of Gold
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       Pots of Gold
        
       Author : adora
       Score  : 55 points
       Date   : 2021-12-06 16:33 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | xbpx wrote:
       | This logic can also apply to hobby projects and interests. "There
       | are amazing artists or software programmers building world class
       | stuff, what can I add?" is a common enough refrain I've
       | encountered here on HN.
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       | It's not just about the end results, it's about being the person
       | or seeking the experiences you want to have.
       | 
       | Maybe you want to be the person who builds companies. Go build
       | one. Maybe you want to make 3d designs or game engines or hack on
       | circuits. Buy the book and get started. You're not likely to be
       | the next maestro, no one is. But you do bring your unique
       | identity and a fresh perspective which those before did not have.
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       | Even if you don't build a world changing something or other at
       | least you did the things you wanted to do and were the person you
       | wanted to be. Even getting close to that is a life well lived,
       | and lucky and privileged in many eyes.
        
         | petra wrote:
         | Will this work if you just want to make lots of money?
        
           | xbpx wrote:
           | If you enjoyed the effort but ultimately failed anyway... I
           | guess it works if you manage to die relatively happy instead
           | of miserable.
        
       | mym1990 wrote:
       | I get caught up in this kind of thinking a lot! To me, everywhere
       | I look, there is so, so, so many cool things being created on a
       | daily basis, if you have thought of an idea, it has most
       | certainly already been tried. I sometimes think of people in
       | previous centuries and how they had so much innovation ahead of
       | them.
       | 
       | But they also didn't know what was ahead of them, just as we
       | don't know what is ahead of us. Then I think of all the amazing
       | tools and cross-specializations that can create novel endeavors
       | for our time, and it is very exciting. What helps me is trying to
       | imagine a world 20 years away and then thinking about the steps
       | that can be taken to get there. Also, reading science fiction!
        
       | yeldarb wrote:
       | It feels like there's been one truly transformational wave every
       | decade or so... but it also feels like there are currently a lot
       | of really important shifts going on.
       | 
       | Are we living in a unique time period where there are truly going
       | to be multiple game-changers? Or will one end up vastly
       | outshining the rest in retrospect? (Just like 3D printing and IoT
       | seemed to fizzle last decade.)
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       | 1980s PCs 1990s Internet 2000s Web 2.0 & Social 2010s Mobile
       | 2020s... {AI, Crypto, Metaverse, Synthetic Biology}
       | 
       | (I was going to add quantum computing & nuclear fusion on there
       | as well but IMO their impact is more likely to be further out.)
        
       | Alex3917 wrote:
       | > Have confidence that either you or the smart people you know
       | can build something significantly bigger than seems reasonable
       | 
       | Reality generally goes to par with math. So look for good math,
       | and then actualize it.
        
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