Someone asked about tricks for meeting eminent people. I said the best plan is just to do really good work. Then you'll tend to meet them organically. In the worst case you'll see one whenever you look in the mirror.
"...those who have the best knowledge of what is happening are also those who are furthest from seeing the world as it is. In general the greater the understanding, the greater the delusion: the more intelligent the less sane."
-1985, gorge Orwell
"I know what it's like to lose . To feel so desperately that you're right , yet to fail nonetheless . It's frightening , turns the legs to jelly . I ask you to what end ? Dread it . Run from it . Destiny arrives all the same . And now it's here . Or should I say , I am."
~Thanos
The more extreme the outcome, the
less likely you can apply its lessons to your own life, because the more
likely the outcome was influenced by extreme ends of luck or risk.
I don’t know what to make of this. Part of me wants to argue, fiercely. Part
of me wants to understand. But mostly it’s an example of how different
experiences can lead to vastly different views within topics that one side
intuitively thinks should be black and white.