Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Feb 22, 2015@GabrielDuquette If it doesn't have the capability of literally killing you if things go south badly enough, it isn't self-actualization.11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Feb 22, 2015Replying to @vgr@GabrielDuquette Financial risk is the most obvious path, but extreme psychological investment too. Failure = psychosis/suicide etc.1
πous〜es@nouswaves·Feb 22, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr You must be willing to kill yourself in order to self-actualise? What's the payoff? A very authentic Medium article? It is ridiculous.2
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @nouswaves@sebinsua It's not a choice, it's an environmental condition, like being pushed out of a window and not learning to fly in time11:07 PM · Feb 22, 2015
πous〜es@nouswaves·Feb 22, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr Every year, I take my money, lock myself in the house and spend 10s of hours on projects that may never see the light of day.1