Eh, I feel like a perspective shift is needed. Don't think of it as "oh I'm not at the frontier and I never will be, therefore I'm depressed." Instead, marvel a

Eh, I feel like a perspective shift is needed. Don't think of it as "oh I'm not at the frontier and I never will be, therefore I'm depressed." Instead, marvel at how extremely difficult it is to reach the frontier, and be grateful for the fact that there are humans out there who are able to make that difficult journey to the forefront of their fields, slowly dragging the rest of us up with them. I used to think similarly to you, but over time I've just become happy with the fact that technology will continue to march forward regardless of whether or not I'm contributing anything to it.