I laughed out loud because all of the girls I grew up with wanted to be 'Marine Biologists' as young kids, which is pretty difficult given how very, very few jo

I laughed out loud because all of the girls I grew up with wanted to be 'Marine Biologists' as young kids, which is pretty difficult given how very, very few jobs there are in that field. We should also reference the fact that people coming up through the academic system generally have very little exposure to anything else - it's natural for them to believe that 'professorship' is somehow this great and noble thing, because the system they are in effectively enforces that psychologically. Which is why I believe internships should be a part of the process for almost everyone. Also almost never referenced in these talks: many people have an inherent, communitarian instinct. Their 'dream' isn't that important, rather what they want to do is 'their duty' - which is to say 'be useful to the community'. Personally my communitarian instinct is much stronger than individual aspirational instinct, and so literally 'my dream' is something like 'to do my job very well'. I would be considerably 'more proud' to have effectively created a 'good company' that 'employs people' and 'creates work for others' - than having written a really good album. Those with such a communitarian instict may look at those 'pursuing their dreams' as being selfish. I believe that if you were to ask the questions properly, you'd find that maybe more than 1/2 of the population is like this. For example, raising children is 'exhausting, draining' and generally not considered an aspiration, and yet for many it's possibly the most fulfilling thing they've done in their lives. I wish we would teach children about the fulfillment they get from doing useful things and being of service to others, as much as we taught the aspirational elements.