> The golden mean or golden middle way is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency.
(I do realize the irony of answering such to someone who just declared they don’t find philosophies useful)
It's not surprising that somebody else thought of that philosophy before. The question is, did they think of it any better? Do they have anything useful to add over what you came up with?
That is not nearly the same as thinking you are terribly unique.
While I can not be completely exhaustive in HN comment, I did point out that my issue is with having a philosophy that predetermines in a generalized way where that golden middle way is. And the difference between seeing it in hindsight and trying to predict it.
I do not find philosophies useless, just not recipes for living your life like the author of the article tries.