Hacker News with Generative AI: Regret

Ask HN: What do you wish you had done differently in life? (ycombinator.com)
Hi HN, my wife and I had our first baby 3 weeks ago https://x.com/paramjaggi42/status/1922661763373309961<p>In a sleepless blur, we've been talking a lot about our life before our son was born and what we wished we had done differently. For me, I wish I had enjoyed my time in college more and took more non-engineering classes. Maybe also bought Tesla stock at $20 per share.<p>What do you wish you had done differently in life?

Life Advice, Personal Experiences, Regret, Investments

11 points by astronautmonkey 1 day ago | 24 comments

The Deathbed Fallacy (2018) (hjorthjort.xyz)
People on their deathbeds regret not spending more time of their life with their family, traveling more, worrying less, etc. I’ve heard this truism echoed by growth gurus and spiritualists. It is amplified by newspapers. It comes up at dinner discussions. The origin the list of regrets is the palliative nurse Bronnie Ware who listed the following most common regrets:

Death, Life Advice, Regret, Philosophy

282 points by mefengl 13 days ago | 148 comments

Ask HN: What's the best advice you ignored and later wished you hadn't? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What's the best advice you ignored and later wished you hadn't?

Advice, Regret, Personal Experience, Life Lessons, Hacker News

13 points by sylm 15 days ago | 15 comments

Over half of UK businesses who replaced workers with AI regret their decision (techradar.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Workforce, Regret, UK

23 points by chrisjj 22 days ago | 12 comments

Ask HN: How do you talk about past jobs you regret in interviews? (ycombinator.com)
I'm currently interviewing for new roles and while I did do some pretty cool work in my last role, I really struggle to talk about any of it in a remotely positive away. It's a period of my life where I was mostly unhappy and the endless arbitrary deadlines only compounded it, resulting in me staying there for several years too long just from feeling too busy to look at alternatives.

Job Interviews, Career Advice, Professional Development, Regret

92 points by newacc250218 37 days ago | 111 comments

They Sold Their Likeness to AI Platforms – and Regretted It (barrons.com)

AI, Ethics, Privacy, Regret

8 points by gnabgib 37 days ago | 0 comments

Top regrets at the end of life, according to a death doula's 1k patients (fortune.com)

Death, Regret, Life Lessons, Death Doula

13 points by aard 41 days ago | 3 comments

Lessons from MKBHD's App Brouhaha (om.co)
If you have a long career in media and writing in public like I have, you’re likely to make some mistakes. And you’re going to have some regrets.

Media, Mistakes, Public Writing, Technology, Regret

10 points by herbertl 236 days ago | 9 comments

Tortured by regrets? A new study details how best to overcome them (latimes.com)
A new study, co-authored by Temple University’s Crystal Reeck, sheds light on how we can work through regret.