One important step is finding someone who will listen and reflect with you with honesty and rigorous compassion. That is hard to get from a forum of even the k

One important step is finding someone who will listen and reflect with you with honesty and rigorous compassion. That is hard to get from a forum of even the kindest of internet strangers. > is this not something regular people even worry about? Some do. As an MIT grad, I worry about the opposite problem: that people will be too scared/angry to see my flaws that we won’t be able to meaningfully connect and collaborate. It has happened — leaving me feeling lonely and useless. > in my social and dating life If I’m at a party, I only care about your uni background if you have stories you’d like to share from it. Unless I have my head up my own ass that day, I mostly want to hear your stories and hear what questions about science and engineering and dance and history you find interesting.