Do not remain nameless to yourself
web.archive.org
Saved by Alara and
Do not remain nameless to yourself
I so often meet people who focused on maximizing a narrow set of life outcomes instead of forming their identity, and that becomes much harder to do when you’re locked in mid-career. Youth is a privilege: use it to experiment, test the boundaries of the world, and make stupid mistakes.
Nadia Asparouhova • Nadia Asparouhova on antimemetics, nuclear mysticism, and scrolling
There’s also a great anecdote from Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman, where he talks about how physics used to delight him when he used to play with it, but then it started to disgust him when he got burdened by this idea that he was obligated to advance the future of science. That he was supposed to be doing “important” work.
Visakan Veerasamy • Are You Serious?
Do not remain nameless to yourself – it is too sad a way to be. Know your place in the world and evaluate yourself fairly, not in terms of your naïve ideals of your own youth, nor in terms of what you erroneously imagine your teacher’s ideals are.
Richard Feynman • Richard Feynman's Letter on What Problems to Solve
The work is not done for the sake of an application. It is done for the excitement of what is found out.
Richard P. Feynman • The Meaning of It All
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do.... See more