It’s kinda crazy it can take 10 years of research to make the final conceptual breakthrough. You have to put in the time & work, and go really deep.
Which you'll only do if you're working on the project because you genuinely love it. It's not rational to take that kind of risk, and no one motivated simply by the desire for money or fame would do it.
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And, if one has the latitude to wait that long, the luxury to aim precisely on select few targets, the permission to fail without catastrophic demise...
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The way to get all of those is to do it as a side project. That's why so many big things have started as side projects.
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Maybe this is just semantics, but I wouldn’t say it necessarily has 2b love. I’ve been working on my PhD for 14 years (that duration is partly due to health issues) and I’m still very devoted 2 it, coz, in my eyes, the problem is very important. But I wouldnt say I love the topic
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stuff like fame and money fades away quite early.
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Don't you think that money is overrated? I mean - people that focus on pure scientific research or try to solve social problems are often called out as naive because they don't focus on money. Money IS important but society needs more than money to work.
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Doesn’t it need money for those things?
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You're right. You have to fall towards it naturally. You have to actually love it.
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