How startups should die
Absolutely yes to "Pass the Hacker News test". Seneca's letter Epistle XI is one of my favorites and teaches this exact lesson.<p>It closes with "Cherish some man of high character, and keep him ever before your eyes, living as if he were watching you, and ordering all your actions as if he beheld them." <a href="http://www.stoics.com/seneca_epistles_book_1.html#‘XI1" rel="nofollow">http://www.stoics.com/seneca_epistles_book_1.html#‘XI1</a><p>I've found it to be a great technique for making better decisions.