I think non-linearity was present even in earlier paper. More money adds a lot of happiness when you're poor, but marginally less as your income goes up.
The question this post is addressing is whether this effect tops out at ~75K as was found in the research from 10 years ago.
Agree but topping out is similar to saying that the slope changes. Maybe after hitting 75k, it takes another $400k to make an appreciable difference.
It may take a another $40mm to make a difference at $750k (100x for a 10x change)
The pro is that chatGPT would probably quickly surface many okrs the user would not have thought of, and could answer questions about the pros and cons. It could also answer questions about how many wild be suitable and sub okr that may feed into the main okr and so forth
That could just be part of the secular trend of re-assessing the records of "conquerors" across the world. Some people consider Napoleon, Alexander and so on to be glorified warlords who happened to win but are essentially mass murderers like non-western conquerors (Attila the Hun and so on).
Alexander was/is (ridiculously, par per course in this matters) considered by "doctors of religion" to be Zal Qurnain (the Two Horned one) mentioned in Sura 18 (The Cave) in the Qur'an. I personally think Carl Jung had a firmer grasp on the meaning of Sura 18 than most of these scholars. But anyway, the two-horned one was a "servant of God" who had 'divine proxy power' to "punish or reward as you see fit". He sets up the molten metal wall to protect against "Gog and Magog" (which should cause spiritual discomfort vis a viz IRI & CCP /g). He travels far and wide.
There is a distinct pro-Roman anti-Persian element to the Qur'an which (regrettably for the divine word set) maps exactly to geopolitical alliances of client states of the contemporary contending Roman and Persian Empires at the time of Islam's arrival on the scene. (It is fascinating that Rome 2.0 -- British Empire and then US -- also have an affinity for Arabs vs Persians.)
So, obviously no son or daughter of Iran would care to celebrate the person that caused the demise of the Hakhamanesh empire.
83. And they ask you about Dhul-Qarnain. Say: “I shall recite to you something of his story.”
84. Verily, We established him in the earth, and We gave him the means of everything.
85. So he followed a way.
86. Until, when he reached the setting place of the sun, he found it setting in a spring of black muddy (or hot) water. And he found near it a people. We (Allah) said (by inspiration): “O Dhul-Qarnain! Either you punish them, or treat them with kindness.”
87. He said: “As for him (a disbeliever in the Oneness of Allah) who does wrong, we shall punish him; and then he will be brought back unto his Lord; Who will punish him with a terrible torment (Hell).
88. “But as for him who believes (in Allah’s Oneness) and works righteousness, he shall have the best reward, (Paradise), and we (Dhul-Qarnain) shall speak unto him mild words (as instructions).”
89. Then he followed another way,
90. Until, when he came to the rising place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We (Allah) had provided no shelter against the sun.
91. So (it was)! And We knew all about him (Dhul-Qarnain).
92. Then he followed (another) way,
93. Until, when he reached between two mountains, he found, before (near) them (those two mountains), a people who scarcely understood a word.
94. They said: “O Dhul-Qarnain! Verily! Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog) are doing great mischief in the land. Shall we then pay you a tribute in order that you might erect a barrier between us and them?”
95. He said: “That (wealth, authority and power) in which my Lord had established me is better (than your tribute). So help me with strength (of men), I will erect between you and them a barrier.
96. “Give me pieces (blocks) of iron,” then, when he had filled up the gap between the two mountain-cliffs, he said: “Blow,” till when he had made it (red as) fire, he said: “Bring me molten copper to pour over it.”
97. So they [Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog)] were made powerless to scale it or dig through it.
98. Dhul-Qarnain) said: “This is a mercy from my Lord, but when the Promise of my Lord comes, He shall level it down to the ground. And the Promise of my Lord is ever true.”
99. And on that Day [i.e. the Day Ya’juj and Ma’juj (Gog and Magog) will come out], We shall leave them to surge like waves on one another, and the Trumpet will be blown, and We shall collect them all together.
The vast majority of Muslims, "doctors of religion" or otherwise, have never identified Dhul Qarnayn with Alexander and even those who did considered it a possibility rather than a certain thing. If you took a survey today, only a small fraction would say it might be Alexander. The view that it was Alexander is much more common in western circles, probably because the colonialist mind wanted to identify a western figure as having tremendous importance in Islam and among Muslims.
Alexander is much more popular among Muslims today and historically because of his aptitude as a military commander, just as he is in the west.
This is because the Romans practiced a form of Christianity (and still do), which Islam recognizes as a revealed (yet corrupted) religion, while the Persians were idol-worshipers. I agree that it is fascinating that this geopolitical orientation is still in place since the time of the Qur'an's revelation.
I don't think you're correct in saying that the scholars agree that Dhul-Qarnain is Alexander. The opinions I've heard rule Alexander out. What I've always heard is that the identity of Dhul-Qarnain is one of those details in Qur'anic exegesis that are not known with total certainty, like the identity of Al-Khidr in the same surah. Cyrus the Great has been floated as another candidate, though [0].
(Don't know why you are downvoted). Thank you for your reply. I think at the time when "great" was appended to Eskandar's name, so it became a norm, it was a held opinion, but tbh I don't have authoritative knowledge of this bit.
It is possible that Sassanid's had slipped into "idol worship" (promoting a couple of angels into some sort of Iranian pseudo-pantheon had already occurred) but note that there are no idols in Zoroastrianism itself. Fire is effectively a natural phenomena 'icon'.
I'm not an expert on Zoroastrianism but just relating something that's come in Muslim tradition.
"The idolaters wanted the Persians to prevail over the Romans, because they were idol worshipers, and the Muslims wanted the Romans to prevail over the Persians, because they were People of the Book."
Calling Persians idol worshippers sounds revisionist and is materially incorrect. Persians were more attuned to natural symbols. Noting that Muslims pray to a stone in Mecca, would you call that idol worship?
Muslims don't pray to a stone, they pray towards the Mosque in Mecca, where the stone happens to be and is only used as part of a ritual during the Hajj pilgrimage. There was a period of history where the stone had been removed from its current place and that did not change the direction of prayer.
Also, idol worship is a misnomer and mistranslation. From an Islamic perspective, associating anything other than God alone in worship would fall into the category of polytheism and paganism, it does not have to be literal idols. Hence, zoroastrians are included in our definition of pagans or polytheists. Frankly, it's really telling how the HN crowd is speaking so confidently about Islam all over this thread while not really having any idea.
You know, you're right about most of what you said, but when I looked into it, it seems that idol worshiper is the correct translation. In ibn Kathir you can find the narration. It's not a hadith but this at least shows that it's not a mistranslation or a revisionist stance. [0]
I wasn't trying to offend anyone, just giving context. Maybe it comes down to whether you consider fire an idol. Muslims certainly would, but if you don't, I understand why you would take exception to that. Either way, it seems obvious that Christianity is closer to Islam than Zoroastrianism because of our shared belief in Jesus and the Israelite prophets. I wanted to highlight this in regards to the Roman-Arab connection. That was really my point, not to pass judgment on ancient Persians' beliefs.
Hit a nerve, did I? And yet folks, you included, are speaking about Zoroastrianism without having any idea. For the record, Zoroastrianism is widely recognized as a monotheistic faith, in fact the world's oldest recorded monotheistic faith [1]. The characterization as pagan or polytheistic is an Islamic interpretation and has no basis in truth.
Basically, I mistakenly thought "I'm working at Google, not a startup: this advice isn't relevant to me".
What I didn't realize was that the startup world has lots and lots of info for figuring out how to build new things that matter while minimizing waste. Beyond senior SWE at most FAANG companies, you have to start thinking about how much your work matters as opposed to just how complex of projects you're able to handle. It was the "...that matter" suffix that really blindsided me, and I focused too much on "becoming a better SWE" through better coding, more interviews, etc. instead of building up the entirely new skillsets of things like customer discovery, soliciting customer feedback, etc.
The issue I have here is that it’s not clear how to identify the mini games to improve.
This is an article of where blind spots might be but not about how to find them.
One of the suggestions is to find a coach — for instance online videos (not exactly a live coach) — but if you don’t know the mini games you should want to improve , how do you know which coach/video to invest in?
Ah - if you feel this way, then I probably wasn't on the nose enough with this specific point. I was trying to balance a few points (i.e. IMO most people focus too much on marginal improvements in skills that got them to where they are) and not enough on building awareness of what completely new skills they need to build.
Generally, my suggestion is "weasel your way into coaching from people who are both much better than you at the thing and can break down their approach". Neither is sufficient on its own. In my experience, 1:1 coaches can be incredibly hard to find in some domains (esp. professional ones) and it seems like most people find them once they're already showing great promise at something, which means that they're not at the bottom of the bell curve. That means the onus is mostly on you to get to the middle. To do that, look for people who have found more success than you at the skill and are great at explaining their thought processes: podcasts and YouTube channels are invaluable for this.
Like most good advice (IMO), this is something that seems obvious but is rarely practiced.
Yeah but it seems strange: make a law that you cannot speak against the government and of course we politely obey and keep quiet. Ask us to remove something and we will debate it, fight it and expose it.
I think the second approach is right even if the request were “innocuous”.
