20s: Learn to be effective. Solve for avoiding futility (effort classifiable as ‘wasted’ a priori)
30s: Learn to be productive. Solve for raw energy. NOT efficiency: that’s for robots
40s: Learn to act with nerve. Solve for consequentiality. I have 6y left to figure out how 😱
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Interesting; I did nerve in my 20s, am doing effectiveness now in my 30s. Guess I won't be productive until my 40s…
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you might be in trouble. aging hits productivity much more than it hits nerve or effectiveness.
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We'll see… My strategy for that has been to take the high road of automation all along. Been laying the groundwork the whole time.
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Actually all that somewhat a reaction to teens being mostly about decontextualized productivity… not too worried since I've been down that road a fair way and it's the least interesting trip around.
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