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Dilettante_last Wednesday at 10:11 PM3 repliesview on HN

>How do you filter out the good from the bad/useless?

You try them for yourself. Accept no substitutes for this.


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BobaFloutistlast Wednesday at 11:36 PM

Unless (and even if) you choose to live your life as a sort of survey of all possible human practices, the things you will never have the chance to try will vastly outnumber the things you try.

Also, many practices confer the best benefits after a significant time commitment, so even if you optimize for number of things, you still won't actually be experiencing them in the same way as their proponents do.

Given the vast amount of experiences, practices, and tools available to us, I think it's pretty reasonable that most people seek out at least some level of external curation.

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IAmBroomlast Thursday at 2:22 PM

I'm not going to try ground rhino horn, nor snake oil containing mercury compounds. That suggestion is ridiculous.

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