I'd go with do what you most enjoy, the thing that gives you psychological flow, because nothing you do is likely to have lasting value.https://twitter.com/JoWolffBSG/status/1101583326853378050 …
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Lasting need not be permanent...
But semantics aside, I'm really not sure that going for a lasting effect is the best advice. At least not for everyone. That's a big ask, and wouldn't necessarily foster flourishing.
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I’m talking about people struggling to prioritise. But as a pluralist I accept other forms of advice may work just as well. However I would not advise MPs to seek flow at the moment.
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Okay. But in the face of unbearable burdens believing one should prioritize the one that will have lasting value could increase the unbearability. I know philosophers & others who have been paralyzed by that sort of thinking.
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In the full version I make clear that teaching students is an example of something of lasting value.
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Yes. I figured that was the thought, and it's probably right. Not sure most academics would see it that way though (even if they claimed they did)! :)
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And if they are paralysed by idea of teaching students then they have to reconsider their career choice (normally).
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A friend of mine gave up teaching after a couple of terms at PCL for this reason. He found himself endlessly preparing for seminars, trying to second guess student questions, etc, & consumed with fear at weekends. Spent a happy life working at British library. Retired last year.
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