11 karma · joined September 18, 2014
- Things in the past seemed better just because you didn't care enough and now you are becoming aware of it. - There were always wars, famine, diseases, poverty. You (or humanity) in general didn't care enough or couldn't care (information took longer to reach people). - Software were always bloated, but now we have machines that run faster, they had bugs but they were simple programs before. There were injustices in the area, they were not as common because there were a lot of less software engineer and methods for them to share their discontentment. - Things were always poisoned, because of the substance of the moment: Mercury, Lead, Asbestos, Plastics. - We already opened hole in the ozone layer, it's recovering, now we are heating up the planet.
Think questions like: "Why bother developing a skill if I'm not going to use it professionally?"
Well, learning this can just make you happy, and that's enough of a purpose if you want it to be. You don't have to make money out of it, it doesn't need to take you anywhere in your career, if you feel good doing something as hobby, why would that be bad?
"Ah, but there are people consider that procrastination"
Do you care what others think? How much to be in the way of you enjoying yourself?
Of course you need to make the decision if something is worth your time and is making you truly happy or just helping you escape reality.
Addictive things can give you short burst of happiness, but fill the rest of your life with misery. But anything can be an addiction. Just because it is to another person, it doesn't mean it is to you and vice-versa.
This also means no one else can tell what is the meaning of YOUR life, you have to pick it yourself, or not, also your choice.