When we forget why we bothered to try

[as]

http://www.jorydesjardins.com/pause/2006/05/the_retired_sai.html

[cousin_it]

Brilliant story. It was easy for me to empathize with the father, and I think I'll eventually die like him.

[as → cousin_it]

It's especially likely with complacency like that.

[allenbrunson]

holy crap. i'd upvote that six times if i could.

find something cool for me i wouldn't have otherwise found by myself ... that's pretty much the definition of what i want from sites like hacker news.

[as → allenbrunson]

/me tips hat

This would be along the same vein as the prior thread on existential questions. A popular topic among young, intelligent people for whom tradition has little weight.