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I'm not sure where this letter was first published, but Feynman's daughter edited a book of many of his letters private and professional: https://en.wikipedia.o

I'm not sure where this letter was first published, but Feynman's daughter edited a book of many of his letters private and professional: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfectly_Reasonable_Deviations_from_the_Beaten_Track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfectly_Reasonable_Deviation... I found it very beneficial to read recently so I'm grateful that his family chose to publish. I enjoy "Letters of Note" and many of the most impactful letters are personal ones between private individuals.

max-ibel 2y ago
Seconded. Letters of Note (there are various printed volumes as well, e.g. "Speeches of Note", "Letters of Notes: Cats", ...) are a very fine collection of thoughts. One of my favorites is "Why explore space": https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/why-explore-space https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/why-explore-space.
kelnos 2y ago
I agree in general, and enjoy reading things like this. But just because we enjoy something, it doesn't mean that it's right. I'm very torn on this. As I said, I also enjoy reading things like this. But I always get the uncomfortable feeling that I'm reading someone's private diary without their consent.