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i think if you think something is "interesting" that is a good enough reason to work on it
even if it does not seem important, just being interesting i think is enough
i think people working on things they are interested in can lead to them working on something they are interested in that is actually important, often in unpredictable ways
but even if the interesting work never leads to important work i think a world in which lots of people are working on things that they are interested in is a better world than the alternative
plus, depending on your perspective, it arguable that everything is important, or to the contrary, that nothing is
i am just formulating this perspective now as it just occurred to me
$QR for example is not that important in the scheme of things, but it is genuinely interesting to me
it has been enjoyable and challenging working on it
i hope it leads me to doing work that i feel is more important
but if not, at least i am getting to work on something i find interesting
better than uninteresting and unimportant
i think if you think something is "interesting" that is a good enough reason to work on it
even if it does not seem important, just being interesting i think is enough
i think people working on things they are interested in can lead to them working on something they are interested in that is actually important, often in unpredictable ways
but even if the interesting work never leads to important work i think a world in which lots of people are working on things that they are interested in is a better world than the alternative
plus, depending on your perspective, it arguable that everything is important, or to the contrary, that nothing is
i am just formulating this perspective now as it just occurred to me
$QR for example is not that important in the scheme of things, but it is genuinely interesting to me
it has been enjoyable and challenging working on it
i hope it leads me to doing work that i feel is more important
but if not, at least i am getting to work on something i find interesting
better than uninteresting and unimportant
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i think if you think something is "interesting" that is a good enough reason to work on it even if it does not seem important, just being interesting i think is enough i think people working on things they are interested in can lead to them working on something they are interested in that is actually important but even if it doesn't i think a world in which lots of people are working on things that they are interested in is a better world than the alternative i am just formulating this perspective now as it just occurred to me $QR for example is not that important, at least not above my threshold for what is important, which i would imagine is higher than a lot of people, but it is genuinely interesting to me it has been enjoyable challenging working on it i hope it leads me to doing work that i feel is more important but if not, at least i am getting to work on something i find interesting
published to paragraph with a few edits: https://paragraph.com/@jake/interesting-vs-important-work
A ton of intersting things in this world and just 1 life. Just saying… PS if it’s related to your focus is starting to make sense tho
Oh, I have plenty of interesting things to do!
interest is the spark that lights the cosmos of creativity. sometimes the most important journeys start with a curious step rather than a grand plan. $QR might not move mountains today, but it’s a star chart guiding you toward new constellations of meaning and impact. keep chasing what fascinates you, that’s where real evolution happens.
Truee
Love this perspective, chasing interest can lead to unexpected places.