Comment by kashyapc

How about studying some philosophy? If you dedicate yourself to it for a couple of years, it'll hammer in a sense of what truly matters. (While at it, it'll wean you off the Silicon Valley's empty humblespeak.)

Particulary, ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. Grapple with the originals, and not some weak "modern" versions. Don't try to "hack" philosophy, give the time it deserves.

As a more concrete pointer, in the past I wrote a list of high-quality English translations by scholars who have immersed themselves in these works here[1].

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22990579