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Truly Trying

Personal blog · tryingtruly.substack.comphilosophybusiness

Truly Trying is a personal blog at tryingtruly.substack.com about philosophy and business. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “The Shitty Stack System”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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8mentions?
3HN people?
2023–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2023

Proving life can be a Positive Sum game if you're brave enough to try (yes even business and politics!).

Most-linked posts?

  1. The Shitty Stack System
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-06-23

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted The Shitty Stack System as a story · 88 points

    HN discussion
  2. Submitted Why Raising 1M Dollars Ain't All That as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Why Raising $1M Isn't All That as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted A "pinky promise" once stopped a war between Israel and Jordan as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Using Your Sociopathy for Good as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted If you're good at being an asshole, you'd be GREAT at improving the world as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Game Theory's ultimate answer to real world dilemmas: “Generous Tit for Tat” as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted The Shitty Stack System as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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