Totally agree. We are social creatures. The only way I would be able to completely stop would be to hang out more at a local bar. I already go to the gym as much as my body can recover from.
At least with HN there is the possibility of something interesting and not just mindless bullshit.
Everything is relative too. I think of my World War 2 vet grandfather. He worked a mindless job, then came home and drank beer until he went to bed while watching TV.
We seem to pretend before the internet that the average person would clock out from their amazing, uplifting job and then head off to some Vienna Circle level discussion about the nature of reality.
While often falling way short, my reality is much closer to that than any of my ancestors could have ever dreamed of.
At least with HN there is the possibility of something interesting and not just mindless bullshit.
Everything is relative too. I think of my World War 2 vet grandfather. He worked a mindless job, then came home and drank beer until he went to bed while watching TV.
We seem to pretend before the internet that the average person would clock out from their amazing, uplifting job and then head off to some Vienna Circle level discussion about the nature of reality.
While often falling way short, my reality is much closer to that than any of my ancestors could have ever dreamed of.