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@vgr·Feb 22, 2015Replying 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 time1
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
πous〜es@nouswaves·Feb 22, 2015Replying to @nouswaves@vgr Burning months of your time and your money doesn't seem enough. Nor does reducing social contact for a project.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Feb 22, 2015Replying to @nouswaves@sebinsua Dude, if my model seems wrong to you, it seems wrong to you. Ignore it.1
πous〜es@nouswaves·Feb 22, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr That's not a good idea. If it's both false and harmful it shouldn't be allowed to be positioned as a life-or-death truth.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @nouswaves@sebinsua Then convert your Twitter critique into a blog-post. You've taken offense at me. Nothing I can do about that.11:38 PM · Feb 22, 2015
πous〜es@nouswaves·Feb 22, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr Your underhanded tactics aren't the reason I dislike the ideas in that blog post. And you write better than me so I won't.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Feb 22, 2015Replying to @nouswaves@sebinsua I remained civil after one ad hominem insinuation. Two is my limit. Enjoy your soap opera.1