Shut up and do the impossible! — LessWrong
The virtue of tsuyoku naritai, "I want to become stronger", is to always keep improving—to do better than your previous failures, not just humbly con…
x Shut up and do the impossible! — LessWrong Challenging the Difficult Ambition Tsuyoku Naritai Five minute timers Heroic Responsibility Frontpage 135 Shut up and do the impossible! by Eliezer Yudkowsky 8th Oct 2008 14 min read 167 135 The virtue of tsuyoku naritai , "I want to become stronger", is to always keep improving—to do better than your previous failures, not just humbly confess them. Yet there is a level higher than tsuyoku naritai . This is the virtue of isshokenmei , "make a desperate effort". All-out, as if your own life were at stake. "In important matters, a 'strong' effort usua
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