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It's good to be reminded more often of this can-do attitude. It's becoming way too prevalent to consider everything done that can be done, or to say that all te
by noduerme 4y ago
It's good to be reminded more often of this can-do attitude. It's becoming way too prevalent to consider everything done that can be done, or to say that all territory's already been staked out by the billionaires leaving no hope for the rest of us.
Imagining a thing and then spending a lifetime making it a reality is not the same as wanting to get rich or famous. It's not even obliquely related to the drive for success. In fact it's a failure mode. It's an intellectual pursuit that might make you wealthy, but probably won't, because wealth and acclaim are orthogonal to satisfying your own curiosity.
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- pyinstallwoes 4y agoVery eloquently said. This drive feels more absent than ever. There’s like this aroma of helplessness today within innovation as a general approach to problem solving. Perhaps it’s just a sign of my times and I’ve reached to “get off my lawn” jaded stage. I am trying to realign my pursuits and sense of fulfillment by focusing on what “feels right” rather than be manipulated by monetary concerns. I certainly don’t want or need to strive for tons of money; the only way I’ve justified the path is by somehow having faith that whatever I naturally involve myself with will find it’s way in supporting itself to conclusion. I’ve always wondered how “the greats” supported themselves. You only hear about their intellectual pursuits but not their support system. I’m not sure who it was but in the area of thermodynamics Faraday or someone was basically supporting his entire family on a farm and just working on the profundity of heat in his spare hours.