Manfred comments on Should you try to do good work on LW? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 05 July 2012 11:43:23PM *  2 points [-]

Big fish in a small pond always looks kinda sad.

Well, it's often helpful for the smaller fish - perhaps the fish and pond metaphor is a bit misleading in this way. And, since we're here for many reasons, not just one ("size"), people may be big fish along some dimensions and smaller fish along others.