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It's somewhat the same thinking, but it was a much more candid essay from an earlier part of his career. It was a frank recollection of why he went into economi
by mmhsieh 6y ago
It's somewhat the same thinking, but it was a much more candid essay from an earlier part of his career. It was a frank recollection of why he went into economics as a field; he talks about the Asimov Foundation series, and a practical reflection that he was not really cut out for something like physics.
It was back when people had janky self-hosted html sites, and the like; probably written in the late '90s.
- ghaff 6y ago>practical reflection that he was not really cut out for something like physics. And it's definitely the case that a great deal of very accomplished people (including in areas like software development and chemistry) are also not really cut out for a career in physics.