The Ascent
medium.com/the-ascent · Group blog · on HN since 2019
The Ascent is a Medium publication of personal essays on work, productivity, management and life advice from many contributors.
What HN saysHN commenters link it for an essay on total work taking over our lives; the comments give little opinion of the publication itself.
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Most-shared posts
- 1How I've Learned to Live with a Nonexistent Working Memory1 people · 57 points · first shared 2024 · 64 comments on HN
- 2Quiet People in Meetings Are Incredible1 people · 13 points · first shared 2020 · 3 comments on HN
- 3How I Made $1,703 in My First Month on Upwork1 people · 11 points · first shared 2020 · 5 comments on HN
- 4The Art of Management: Tips to Become a Super Effective Manager1 people · 10 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 5Enthusiasm is common, endurance is rare1 people · 7 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 6Reminder for everyone: Work towards your goals, in a world full of distractions1 people · 7 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 7A Programmer Explained to Me Why I’m an Idiot and a Moron in the Same Sentence1 people · 5 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 8I Learned to Become a Better Leader1 people · 4 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 9I Ranted on Social and Got Promoted at Work1 people · 4 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 10Tech’s Other Diversity Problem1 people · 3 points · first shared 2019 · 2 comments on HN
- 113 Ways to Reclaim Your Creative Motivation When You’ve Lost It1 people · 3 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 12‘Soul’ Is the First Animated Movie Bizarrely About Flow States1 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 13Insights into the Mind of a Highly Sensitive Person1 people · 2 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 14Success in School Is Not Preparation for Success After Graduations1 people · 2 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 15I Took 3 Years to Build My First SaaS Product – Here’s My Story1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
0x8BADF00D · 2019-11-06
We’ve reached total work[0] globally. The world is a heterotopia, particularly for those who are in low skilled service sector jobs. This will not change, it will only get worse.
[0] https://medium.com/the-ascent/is-total-work-taking-over-our-lives-8419…
cynicalpeace · 2024-06-04
My next goal was Panzhihua, in Sichuan province. I hitched a ride (I can't remember where) with a group who invited me to a party. I was 21 and they were like late 20s. I graciously accepted their invitation, on the condition that they would take me back to the highway a few hours before sunset.
After a fun few hours in the car, we arrive at the party destination- a beautiful plantation of rice paddies and fruit trees. I see escalades and Porsches parked along the long, dirt driveway.
Rural China is often extremely poor, even without running water. This is what made me come back from China less confident in their ability to take over America as #1.
But this place was in the middle of nowhere and very well kept, with a pool and some nice cabins.
We drink a lot at this girl's birthday party. I was used to being the center of attention by now and was quite fluent in Chinese at this time. We drank a lot of baijiu ('white alcohol"), which you must spill on the ground a little before you yell "clean cup!" and then drink.
We go out picking lychees and mangos in the mountains. I pack a bunch in my backpack for later.
Then the group graciously brings me back to the highway so I can hitch a ride to my destination.
I get picked up by an old farmer and his son. I hop in the truck a little drunk. The old farmer starts talking to me about George Washington, so I fumble a quarter out of my pocket and give it to him. He takes me straight to the center of Panzhihua.
By this time, I'm…