Matt O'Donnell
@modonnell
On a never-ending search for interesting things
Matt O'Donnell
@modonnell
On a never-ending search for interesting things
Avoid activities that give you the sugar rush of accomplishment for accomplishment’s sake.
It’s Good
It Can Be Better
Eventually it Will Be Good Enough
Next Time Will Be Even Better
Jim Simons: "I’m not an extremely fast thinker myself; I just work hard."
That was all I needed to do—work hard, not fast. A paper I published in '68 took me five years. But it has had 1,850 citations. For a math paper, that’s an awful lot.
There’s too much emphasis on a person’s being able to answer questions quickly."