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cousin_it comments on "Follow your dreams" as a case study in incorrect thinking - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: cousin_it 20 August 2014 07:01:23PM *  1 point [-]

Seems the article is directed towards a quite specific intention / understanding of the advice.

Yeah, I agree that there are situations where "follow your dreams" is good advice. The post just tries to argue that it's often bad advice when it refers to highly competitive areas, where average performance doesn't pay.