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日子很长，但十年很短
The days are long but the decades are short
2015 — 2021，它一次次回到首页
黑点是上首页（≥ 50 分）的那次投稿，空心点是没冲上去的投稿，点越大分数越高。
导读
这是 Sam Altman 的一篇清单式人生建议随笔：以“日子很长，但十年很短”为题，围绕工作、选择、关系、健康等给出经验式忠告，鼓励做自己在意的事、重视长期并保持善良。它更像成功者的反思清单，而不是系统方法论。
为什么经久不衰：它短小、直接、常被重读，把时间尺度和人生优先级压缩成可引用的条目；即便你不同意其中的精英视角，也能借它反思自己的选择。
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批评文章的建议带有精英视角，多数人并没有挑选工作的余地。
我明白这些话是面向创业圈的，但我总觉得这种说法相当精英视角。我们这些精英可以挑自己喜欢的工作，但十个人里恐怕有九个永远没有这种奢侈。'大多数人选职业相当随机'——按'大多数人'的真实含义，更准确的说法可能是'大多数人只能抓住能找到的工作，有时碰巧干下去'。把'你可以成为/做任何事'灌输给年轻人有点不负责任，因为对多数人来说现实远非如此。我不是要贬低 Sam，他帮了很多人；只是越想显得睿智时，越难给出真正睿智的建议。
astrocat查看英文原文
> On work: it’s difficult to do a great job on work you don’t care about. And it’s hard to be totally happy/fulfilled in life if you don’t like what you do for your work I get that this is aimed at the startup crowd, but I've always felt that this sentiment is pretty privileged. We, the elite, get to cherry pick our work and do what we like. But I bet 9/10 people will never feel they have this luxury, and 8/10 will be right. > Most people pick their career fairly randomly... And in the truest sense of "most people" I would bet that "most people take whatever work they can get, and sometimes something sticks" is probably more accurate. I know these sentiments are a bit cynical, I just can help but feel sometimes that it's irresponsible to dump the "you can be/do anything!" sentiment on our youth when the reality is nowhere near that for most of them. I understand we need ideals and motivation to make them a reality, but more flowery advice doesn't seem to be the best tactic. Regardless, Sam is an amazing individual who has done an enormous amount for others and the startup community. This isn't meant to disparage his views or advice; ironically, I think it's just hardest to give truly sage advice when you're trying to be sage.
质疑'努力工作/做热爱的事'的普适性：对不少人工作只是谋生手段。
很多观点可以归结为'非常努力'。但如果有人天生就不喜欢工作呢？还有'做让你快乐的事'——对幸运的人工作本身带来快乐，但很多人不喜欢工作，而且不只是岗位问题，很多人就是懒。我最享受跑步、美食、和朋友喝啤酒、旅行、读书、打游戏；我工作是为了支撑这些，不必工作就不会工作。我不在乎社会地位或物质 possessions，工作对我像苦役。'努力工作'未必适合所有人。
pyrrhotech查看英文原文
A lot of the points can be boiled down to "work very hard". But what if you simply are the type of person who doesn't like working? Another point is do what makes you happy. For some lucky folks, work makes them happy, but there's a lot of us who don't like it. And no, it's not just a specific job. A lot of us are just kinda lazy to be perfectly honest. The things I enjoy most are running, eating fine meals, quality times having beers with friends, traveling, reading and playing video games. I do work so I can support myself so that I can do those other things, but I certainly wouldn't work if I didn't have to (and I've worked and saved long enough that I'm fairly wealthy and won't have to for very much longer). I think one of the reasons is that I don't care about social status or material possessions or competing at who can make the best chat app or anything like that, and work just feels like a grind to me. Sure, some of it is better than other parts, but in the end, I'd always rather be doing something else. I also am not usually impressed with other peoples' career achievements, and getting a promotion or a better job doesn't give me any sort of feeling of accomplishment or 'high', just, well I guess I'm a few years closer to being wealthy enough to get out of this bullshit. A lot of people will look down on me for this, but I'm ok with that as I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. I just don't think "work hard" is necessarily the best advice to all people. I do think work is important as it's a means of contributing to society, and in the end, I'm glad I did my part, but after I have enough to "get out", I'll have satisfied my conscience to spend the rest of my days having good times and doing things that really make me happy.
不必被年轻成名的焦虑绑架，40岁后开始也不晚。
读这类文章时我常感到时间不够用。我29岁，很容易做这种比较。想分享一篇'40岁后成功的人'的文章：它说明开始变得出色并不算太晚，别被30岁就成功的人制造的压力搞得太紧张。
rkroondotnet查看英文原文
One of the things I always feel when I read something like this is that I am running out of time. I'm 29, so this is a comparison that's easy to make. And because I feel like maybe you guys will have the same reaction I wanted to show you this: http://www.businessinsider.com/people-who-became-successful-after-age-40-2014-9 There may be a better version of this article out there, but the essence is that it's not too late to start to be great at something. So don't let the stress of a successful 30 year old get you wound up.
清单式建议内部常有矛盾，读者需要建立自己的判断框架，而非照单执行。
这比多数'人生建议'清单要好，但缺少一以贯之的框架：几乎每一条都存在应该反着做的情境，那到底怎么选？我也总怀疑，这些是作者成功后的总结，还是他过程中真正依赖的原则，抑或只是事后觉得应该做的。有人说'人生不是优化问题'，可它不是吗？你每天都在约束、目标和热情之间做权衡；若不做真正决定，日后会后悔没做的事。正因为这些条目常常相互矛盾，你最终得自己厘清它们对你意味着什么。
elevenbits查看英文原文
This is better than most of these "tips for a good life" lists, but I feel like it too misses a certain level of overarching consistency. Almost every item has a situation in which the "correct" thing to do is exactly the opposite of what is recommended. How do you make that decision? As with all of these lists, I always wonder whether this is what the author thinks now, after attaining success, or if these principles are what they relied on during the process? Or perhaps even what they wish they did now that they have more time to think about it? A commenter below mentions "life is not an optimization problem" -- but isn't it? You're fundamentally making decisions every day that balance your constraints against your goals, interests, and passions. If you just let your life go by without making some real decisions, won't you just regret what you didn't do later? The reason you have to optimize like this is because a lot of these principles, should you attempt to leverage them to make a decision, provide contradictory advice. Part of this is due to the subjective terms (ie, definitions of extreme vary), but if you're going to use this list as a template or an inspiration, eventually you have to resolve what these things mean to you. I certainly haven't figured that all out and don't expect I ever will; I don't see how anyone could without having experienced all possible things. All that being said, there are definitely some items that are clearly beneficial and don't put you in decision making paralysis, such as 18 or 24. But there are others that leave me more confused, such as "Don't waste time" or "Don't worry so much". How am I to know if an activity is time wasted until after I do it or if worrying is excessive or warning me about a real issue? Finally, if you don't identify as neurotypical, what items apply, don't apply, or apply differently? How do you live your life if what everyone else says to do doesn't (seem to) work for you? Not trashing Sam's thoughts here for sure, but I've read dozens of these things and never came away without having more questions then when I started.
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