From Wikipedia, a quote that seems relevant to this forum with its anti-grind-culture ethic:
On the practice of idling, [founder] Tom Hodgkinson writes:
A characteristic of the idler's work is that it looks suspiciously like play. This, again, makes the non-idler feel uncomfortable. Victims of the Protestant work ethic would like all work to be unpleasant. They feel that work is a curse, that we must suffer on this earth to earn our place in the next. The idler, on the other hand, sees no reason not to use his brain to organise a life for himself where his play is his work, and so attempt to create his own little paradise in the here and now.
> a quote that seems relevant to this forum with its anti-grind-culture ethic
Are we reading the same forum?
I have noticed that my anti-work (or anti-AI, or left-leaning) comments tend to do better when EU and East Coast are awake, and get downvoted when West Coast is most active.
I meant the quote is anti-grind-culture rather than HN, though I wouldn't ascribe a solid view to the latter, just the startup culture it is based in can often be very grind-nonsense.
My partner has been a subscriber for years. It's great. Stewart Lee's music reviews have been a highlight, but there's great long form content in most editions.
They are so idle, I wrote them to say their RSS is not working, and they never got back to me.
I cancelled my subscription because I am too lazy to go on their website to read their articles.
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Here’s some propaganda for the prospective idlers among us:
https://www.inspiracy.com/black/abolition/abolitionofwork.ht...
https://libcom.org/article/praise-idleness-bertrand-russell
From Wikipedia, a quote that seems relevant to this forum with its anti-grind-culture ethic:
On the practice of idling, [founder] Tom Hodgkinson writes:
A characteristic of the idler's work is that it looks suspiciously like play. This, again, makes the non-idler feel uncomfortable. Victims of the Protestant work ethic would like all work to be unpleasant. They feel that work is a curse, that we must suffer on this earth to earn our place in the next. The idler, on the other hand, sees no reason not to use his brain to organise a life for himself where his play is his work, and so attempt to create his own little paradise in the here and now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idler_(1993)
> a quote that seems relevant to this forum with its anti-grind-culture ethic
Are we reading the same forum?
I have noticed that my anti-work (or anti-AI, or left-leaning) comments tend to do better when EU and East Coast are awake, and get downvoted when West Coast is most active.
I meant the quote is anti-grind-culture rather than HN, though I wouldn't ascribe a solid view to the latter, just the startup culture it is based in can often be very grind-nonsense.
I used to be a subscriber. It is good but I have more than enough to read without it.
Also one of the few places that has published a letter from me :)
For tech people its had some interesting articles promoting retro-computing and FOSS as more "idle" alternatives.
My partner has been a subscriber for years. It's great. Stewart Lee's music reviews have been a highlight, but there's great long form content in most editions.
Cracking magazine, and the frequent Idler online interviews generally thought provoking. Excellent cast of occasional contributors too.