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glimshe 8 minutes ago [-]
A well written piece. I achieved financial independence and left the rat race. Very glad I did before I got guillotined like many of my friends. While sometimes I miss being around smart people, I never want to see the inside of a giant corporation building again. I hope Ole Trøan finds peace in his post-Cisco life.
hangrybear666 25 minutes ago [-]
I live in Germany and right next to the highest point of the (European) Netherlands, it's only a 5k walk and you barely notice the elevation change. It's not necessarily underwhelming but definitely not overwhelming, in fact it's just whelming - so I'm glad OP got more out of the experience.
hypfer 2 hours ago [-]
That was weirdly and unexpectedly vulnerable, which is nice I suppose.
Would've been even nicer without glorifying substance abuse, but, well.
anewhnaccount2 2 hours ago [-]
I thought it was relatively balanced. "It happened to work for me this time but it could have gone horribly wrong." That's the truth of psychedelics as a theraputic tool.
hypfer 2 hours ago [-]
It is true that the text comes with disclaimers, but I read them more like the result of a 25 year career in corporate, rather than a genuinely balanced view on the matter.
adammarples 29 minutes ago [-]
Substance abuse is a poor description for taking magic mushrooms
15 minutes ago [-]
akie 29 minutes ago [-]
How is it abuse?
hypfer 13 minutes ago [-]
They're being used as a crutch to fast-track achieve the illusion of a goal.
That is textbook abuse, because you're deluding yourself into believing that you're achieving something, when in reality, the only thing you do achieve is addiction. Or so the worst-case outcome anyway.
Abuse of course sounds like you're hurting someone else, but in this case, you're just hurting yourself. But you do that quite hard.
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Ego death is hard, but achievable without cheating like that. And - not to be snarky - when laid off, you have a lot of time for the introspection to pull that off without such crutches.
The author decided otherwise - and it's their right to do that - but it's still textbook substance abuse, which is objectively bad.
Hence my comment to correct that.
It shall be read as directed as the reader getting wrong ideas. Not at the guy clearly struggling and just finding something that works for them.
If you take a look at the rest of the comment section, you will see why this is ethically necessary.
CalRobert 3 hours ago [-]
Strangely, mushrooms are illegal in NL, but truffles are not.
rollulus 2 hours ago [-]
I don’t find that strange. Our drug policy is not backed by any sort of philosophy. E.g. possessing cannabis is illegal in NL. The policy is the outcome of micro-panics (a few accidents with tourists on shrooms), indecisiveness and fear.
LoganDark 3 hours ago [-]
I love psychedelics! I use LSD recreationally every few weeks or so. I believe it's related to psilocybin (from magic mushrooms) by also being a tryptamine. Always love hearing about good experiences.
dgellow 20 minutes ago [-]
That sort of explains your system (see user profile)
pseudohadamard 2 days ago [-]
The Netherlands isn't that flat. Its highest point is Mt.Scenery at 870m.
317070 4 hours ago [-]
Fortunately, the article is neither about the Netherlands nor about its highest point. The title is a joke about hallucinogens.
LoganDark 3 hours ago [-]
The article also literally contains "The Netherlands is very flat."
gpxl 3 hours ago [-]
Why does every HN thread have to start with someone telling someone else they’re wrong about something?
Bootvis 3 hours ago [-]
It’s a joke. Mt. Scenery is in the Caribbean, part of the Netherlands but not in the flat mainland.
gpxl 1 hours ago [-]
TIL!
rwoerz 57 minutes ago [-]
It doesn't always start like that! Sometimes you get corrected in the middle of a thread.
rollulus 2 hours ago [-]
Well since you ask: GP is inaccurate because Mt. Scenery is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not the Netherlands.
Edit: I was wrong, see skylurk’s comment.
skylurk 2 hours ago [-]
Saba joined the Netherlands in 2010
rollulus 2 hours ago [-]
Nice, I stand corrected. A “special municipality”, TIL!
dgellow 23 minutes ago [-]
That’s considered flat where I’m from :)
rambambram 3 hours ago [-]
Mt. Scenery... never heard of it as a Dutchy. I found out that's in the Caribbean.
You just asked your AI God of choice about this, perhaps?
2 hours ago [-]
Scarblac 3 hours ago [-]
It is correct though, since 2010 Saba is a "speciale gemeente" of the Netherlands, and its mountain is thus our highest point. Before that it was organised as a separate country "Nederlandse Antillen" with the other Caribbean islands.
CalRobert 3 hours ago [-]
The Netherlands highest point is in the Caribbean though
Indeed, The Netherlands is this make-believe place where Peter Pan and Tinker Bell come from
yread 2 hours ago [-]
Higher than Belgium!
hangrybear666 21 minutes ago [-]
I've recently hiked to the highest point of Belgium, it's 693 meters but because humans have some ego thing attached to round numbers they built a 7 meter tall stone tower you can ascend to hit 700m.
pseudohadamard 2 hours ago [-]
Don't ever use that word outside of a Serious Screenplay.
dcminter 1 hours ago [-]
Tell me you're from the US without etc.
skylurk 4 hours ago [-]
I guess we can't call it the nether-lands anymore.
pestatije 3 hours ago [-]
its a power thing isn't it...organised collectives have way bigger influence than individuals...and the most successful organised collective is the business company... nowadays some of them more powerful than nation states... individuals subject to company objectives and other individuals empowered by their position in a company...a vote is no longer the expression of liberty...we are under the whims of corporations... companies are the true sovereign, go, incorporate, pay Irish taxes, and give the middle finger to ur government
Would've been even nicer without glorifying substance abuse, but, well.
That is textbook abuse, because you're deluding yourself into believing that you're achieving something, when in reality, the only thing you do achieve is addiction. Or so the worst-case outcome anyway.
Abuse of course sounds like you're hurting someone else, but in this case, you're just hurting yourself. But you do that quite hard.
__
Ego death is hard, but achievable without cheating like that. And - not to be snarky - when laid off, you have a lot of time for the introspection to pull that off without such crutches.
The author decided otherwise - and it's their right to do that - but it's still textbook substance abuse, which is objectively bad.
Hence my comment to correct that.
It shall be read as directed as the reader getting wrong ideas. Not at the guy clearly struggling and just finding something that works for them.
If you take a look at the rest of the comment section, you will see why this is ethically necessary.
Edit: I was wrong, see skylurk’s comment.
You just asked your AI God of choice about this, perhaps?
https://youtu.be/UJkVHgFsF60