Thought provoking/ motivational blogs

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5125741

by oliverhunt • 13 years ago

5 2 13 years ago

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There are often links posted here that are not specifically tech related but are thought provoking and generate some interesting discussion, for instance the one on the front page right now on doing things alone. My question is really, where can i find more blogs like these?

rdegges• 13 years ago

I've got some good recommendations. I'm really into motivational type stuff as well, I'm sort of a personal development freak. Here are my favorites:

http://sebastianmarshall.com/ - Sebastian is my favorite writer. He generally discusses productivity, personal development, strategy (life and business), etc. Highly, highly recommended.

http://artofmanliness.com/ - The Art of Manliness is (as you would suspect), a site for men. It discusses things like: how to find your life's purpose, how to become a better man--generally stuff that isn't really discussed between men, but that men should know. They write long, well written articles that cover a lot of subjects.

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/ - Steve Pavlina is a controversial dude. He writes about personal development, but also tends to throw in vegan / spirituality type stuff every now and then (which I disagree with). Overall, his writing is very great. He does long-form pieces that fully discuss an argument, and it's worth reading along.

On a lighter note, I also try to write in a 'motivational' type style on my personal site, just in the off chance you're interested: http://rdegges.com/

There are tons of other blogs out there (The Art of Ass Kicking, etc.), but I generally find the other options to be too 'commercialized' for my liking, and they're filled with those really short, hyped up kinda articles.

paulovsk• 13 years ago

>There are tons of other blogs out there (The Art of Ass Kicking, etc.), but I generally find the other options to be too 'commercialized' for my liking, and they're filled with those really short, hyped up kinda articles.

yeah, the same here. I usually prefer authors who write for the sake of writing: the content is more "pure".

I second your recommendation on Sebastian's site. I'd add:

- Skinner Layne http://skinnerlayne.com/blog/ - Games and Strategy http://gamesnstrategy.blogspot.com/ (about strategy, lifehacks, history etc) - The Rationalist Conspiracy http://rationalconspiracy.com/ (For rationality stuff)

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