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Would you advice Marie Curie or Richard Feynman to work less and settle for the output of average physicists? I’m sure they could get away with it. Is this “cu
by jpttsn 5y ago
Would you advice Marie Curie or Richard Feynman to work less and settle for the output of average physicists? I’m sure they could get away with it.
Is this “cult” about daring to spend less of your life watching TV? I’m missing some central perspective judging my the comment thread.
- qntty 5y agoSo I got this new attitude. Now that I am burned out and I'll never accomplish anything, I've got this nice position at the university teaching classes which I rather enjoy, and just like I read the Arabian Nights for pleasure, I'm going to play with physics, whenever I want to, without worrying about any importance whatsoever. Richard Feynman It sounds like giving up on "working" can sometimes be the first step to high output for some people. I know I've had that experience.
- jpttsn 5y agoThat’s funny, we must’ve read that chapter completely differently. It’s what made me think of him as an example. I see it as a rediscovery of how Feynman’ work was his true calling after all and how he chose to do more physics, instead of more reading, for pleasure.