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As they say, Keep It Simple Stupid !

I completely share the feeling of stupid - the more experience I have, the dumber I feel - in the sense that I know that I don't fully understand a lot of things. On the plus side, I also see that most people understand them even less !

It's kind of like you are a kid and you think that adults have everything figured out, they are responsible citizens etc. And then you grow up...

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The most healthy approach is probably to compare yourself to yourself N years ago, not to others. Comparing yourself to others will always leave you disappointed.

But it's easier said than done. Especially if you read HN :)

I didn't mean it like in - compare to others. It was more like an observation - hey, I feel stupid but I see I'm definitely not alone.

And yeah, comparing myself to N years ago - I can't image how stupid I was ! (And it does actually feel good !)

> The most healthy approach is probably to compare yourself to yourself N years ago

Absolutely.

It wasn't him, but this is often attributed to Mark Twain:

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”

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