Boy, this is a phenomenal piece. The central point really resonates with my own experience: when I catch myself trying to "do research", I'm usually a) unhappy and b) doing bad work. The best work does seem to happen when I'm desperate to understand something, as Kanjun suggests.
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In the past year, I’ve talked to many bright, curious, ambitious people who believed they couldn’t do research. That was me, not long ago.
Here I share my improved understanding in hopes of offering a more empowering model of what research entails:
kanjun.me/writing/resear
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