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Working a day job and then spending your nights working on an engineering project (like Ludgate did) will always be the most inspiring part for me.
by molly0 3y ago
Working a day job and then spending your nights working on an engineering project (like Ludgate did) will always be the most inspiring part for me.
- nonrandomstring 3y agoYeah. The "day job" has always been nothing more than a means to better ends. Everything worthwhile, exciting, and satisfying I've achieved in life was in the gaps between doing something I could use my time better for. Like Twain said - "don't let schooling get in the way of your education", similarly I think ones "work" happens despite employment, rarely through it. In this way "capitalism" is a horrible waste of human capital. Imagine what Ludgate might have achieved if not counting penny corns. I hope for a world for children who'll get a UBI, and space in life to develop their true selves.
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- rashkov 3y agoMaybe the habits of discipline that come from formal schooling and work are necessary for a man like Ludgate, or maybe not. We are products of our constraints to some extent
- thriftwy 3y agoHowever, it also means we do not know how many hobbyists has tinkered with analytical engines between Babbage and WWII, and whether any of these attempts were earlier or more advanced.