Feynman: I am burned out and I'll never accomplish anything (1985)

Re:Feynman: I am burned out and I'll never accomplish anythi... by ativzzz on Sunday April 25, 2021 @12:01PM (#26933727)

For the vast, vast, majority of us, nothing that we do individually is important. Sure we work and provide some value to somebody somewhere, but if we didn't exist or didn't do that job, the world wouldn't be any worse off.

If you think otherwise, it's probably your ego lying to you.

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Re:Feynman: I am burned out and I'll never accomplish anythi... by anonymouse008 on Sunday April 25, 2021 @05:40PM (#26936945)

And even still for those “others” - nothing individually they do is that important, it’s how the team they’ve assembled operates when the leader isn’t around... and as much as a belief system can anchor people into habits and behaviors, it’s still the deputies or vps of a cause that must maintain consistency in purpose...

That’s a long winded way of saying, no ones individual contributions are that important... it’s only through the concert of others that any person reaches those heights.

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