At some point in life one should figure out this equation. In fact figuring it out is a sign of said wisdom.
As our daughter participates in variety of extra curricular activities that supposedly bolster her resume I realized that it really is about the strongest kid winning. Strong mentally and physically. Their cohort tends to go to tournaments for speech but is asked to gather at the school many hours ahead for roll call. It's a meaningless activity that sucks up time and could be automated.
That time could be wisely spent resting for few more hours, giving those very kids an advantage over their competitors, who hopefully did wake earlier and got tired sooner.
Of course those that can withstand all that time abuse and still perform are considered spectacular. That is a genetic gift to a large part. Some of those gifted do turn into the Einstein or Ramanujan or Salk and benefit society at large but like the uber Pareto equation most are just part of the me too wagon.
I think this manifests later at work where people spend countless hours chasing the wrong project or investing valuable cycles sucking up to people after or during work hours. Bar hopping and going to off sites because their brains are too tired to do their thinking on site.
Much of the societal ills could be solved if people simply relaxed more and did not chase the next thing. Snap that?
As our daughter participates in variety of extra curricular activities that supposedly bolster her resume I realized that it really is about the strongest kid winning. Strong mentally and physically. Their cohort tends to go to tournaments for speech but is asked to gather at the school many hours ahead for roll call. It's a meaningless activity that sucks up time and could be automated.
That time could be wisely spent resting for few more hours, giving those very kids an advantage over their competitors, who hopefully did wake earlier and got tired sooner.
Of course those that can withstand all that time abuse and still perform are considered spectacular. That is a genetic gift to a large part. Some of those gifted do turn into the Einstein or Ramanujan or Salk and benefit society at large but like the uber Pareto equation most are just part of the me too wagon.
I think this manifests later at work where people spend countless hours chasing the wrong project or investing valuable cycles sucking up to people after or during work hours. Bar hopping and going to off sites because their brains are too tired to do their thinking on site.
Much of the societal ills could be solved if people simply relaxed more and did not chase the next thing. Snap that?
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