I remember discussing this idea with my friends 10 years ago, when I started my first engineering job and felt my time shifting from mostly exploration to explo

I remember discussing this idea with my friends 10 years ago, when I started my first engineering job and felt my time shifting from mostly exploration to exploitation. I had spent years learning for the sake of learning, with no strings attached. Then, all of a sudden, I was applying what I had learned in exchange for money, and the people I worked for expected something valuable to come from how I spent my time. I didn’t research machine learning, but my friends did, so it could have been an idea I picked up from someone else. Anyway, I think it’s a valuable framework because we need to make time for exploration—it’s a great way to let go, have fun, and dissolve the fear of failure.