I left graduate school bitter and resentful. Now I'm hearing it's a cliche. Once you leave academia, you pay for all of your thinking time & how have to confr

I left graduate school bitter and resentful. Now I'm hearing it's a cliche. Once you leave academia, you pay for all of your thinking time & how have to confront that humans decisions collectively by what looks and feels good in the short term. These days I am hoping to pay for my own "academic freedom" through service -- by working. Then people go to the opposite utilitarian extreme. Not everything I do has to buy me a car or impress girls. Actually, that could be very persuasive... Learn algebraic number theory, get a car, impress girls!™