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A lot of the post feels like hyperbole to me - here's a successful and intelligent professor, telling people to simply do what they want to do, and not worry ab
by moab 12y ago
A lot of the post feels like hyperbole to me - here's a successful and intelligent professor, telling people to simply do what they want to do, and not worry about 'competition' and finite games. He clarifies his views a little in the comments, relenting that one can still have healthy competition as long as it doesn't become 'war'-like.
Perhaps a more moderate summary of his message is "don't take the game too seriously, and know when to leave it". Or maybe this is just taking something that both the author and those he criticizes view as being binary, and viewing it as a real.
- hkmurakami 12y agoIt's a matter of semantics, but perhaps we can replace "competition" with "inspired by" (a peer) to do more. Personally, this mindset has helped me a lot.
- moab 12y agoSure, I feel that way about a lot of work related things. Honestly, at the end of the day as solipsistic as it might sound, you have to play the game where you're happy, and that's 'winning'. What game this is differs from person to person. Re: money, fame, etc, most us aren't Midases, and pursuing these metrics usually lead to significant losses in other (presumably important) dimensions.