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And what's wrong with going "nowhere in life", then? What the hell is this "mediocre life" and how could anyone define it for anyone but for himself only? If t
by yason 17y ago
And what's wrong with going "nowhere in life", then? What the hell is this "mediocre life" and how could anyone define it for anyone but for himself only?
If there were external standards who could define what's best for me and what should I become? Who could do that especially if I'm smart, smarter than most?
On the other hand, if the author didn't only talk about smart people who he thinks live a mediocre life but also about smart people who themselves think they live a mediocre life, the article could just have been renamed as "Smart People Not Happy With Their Lives Either".
- teeja 17y agoWhen I was in my 20s, I ran across a man who'd been a 'successful' salesman for 15 years. He made a special point to tell me how he regretted all the time he'd spent away from home and not being around to see his kids grow up. We all have different ways of evaluating our satisfaction and what fulfills us. I'd rather fail at a difficult task than succeed at a simpler one... because the difficult one engages me, the simpler one bores me. I'd rather take a walk in the woods than drive a Lamborghini. Rather read a good book than take an expensive trip to see yet another pile of rocks. YMMV.