I'm negatively surprised how much people agree with this. He's a lazy guy and he knows that. I think there's way too much focus on HN for finding excuses for every bad behavior instead of correcting it.
Though maybe we’re lazy because we’re tired. It takes a lot of energy to just deeply think about a problem, and it takes very little energy to do some mindless task. It’s like we’re super tired yet feel guilty because we weren’t hammering nails on a roof all day.
I wish I could work 12 hours a week doing software and like 20 doing electrical work as an electrician.