Comments on the internet come in multiple waves and are fueled by objections. The earliest comments tend to be negative reactions to the post, knee-jerk reactions that seem to be fast to write. Next comes the objection to the early negative comments and usually has more substance that defends the post (dang, moderator on HN, says these are also the most upvoted). The cycle of objections continues until the post is out of view.
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Working Hard Is Required to Do Great Work
Although it sounds like a truism, working hard is required to do great work. In practice, it is difficult to apply because one must recognize the quality of the work they are doing, the effort they are putting in, and being honest with oneself about the results they are getting.
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No One Identifies as Conventional Minded
Considering there actually are conventional-minded people and independent-minded people in the world, no one considers themselves as conventional-minded. It’s more favorable to think of oneself as independent-minded, perhaps due to the way we value individualism. In Paul Graham’s essay How to think for yourself, he provides an example of this with conspiracy theorists. On their surface they reject some commonly held belief, but the strength of their conviction reveals their conventional-mindedness just within subset of society (not to mention how conspiracy theories tend to be planted by others for political gain).