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As a general rule smart people tend to be less happy. Idealists (as many in STEM are) who are smart is a deadly combination. You know just how terrible the wor
by UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
As a general rule smart people tend to be less happy.
Idealists (as many in STEM are) who are smart is a deadly combination. You know just how terrible the world you live in is, and no matter how hard you work you keep hearing more bad news.
Sometimes I wish my brain had an off button so I can stop reading about North Korea (or remembering how "behind" I am from my peers) and instead go watch Celebrity Big Brother or whatever is showing today.
- why-el 14y agoIf North Korea scares you, then you really, really want to be scared.
- UnoriginalGuy 14y agoI'm in Europe. North Korea doesn't scare me. The only people who should legitimately be concerned are those in South Korea (and to a much lesser degree Japan). I find international politics interesting. Fear isn't really a motivation.
- lutusp 14y ago> If North Korea scares you, then you really, really want to be scared. North Korea isn't itself very scary. What is scary is the fact that over decades they have threatened to attack everyone around them, and the surrounding powers have responded by extending food and economic aid, in a repeating pattern. The North Koreans know this -- they know it works -- so they do it again and again, and their citizens remain captives of a throwback regime. That's what's scary.
- ebiester 14y agoIt's called a low information diet. It is indeed possible.
- Mz 14y agoOr you can reframe things without dumbing anything down. In spite of my currently bitter inclination, I am generally an optimist, yadda.