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This equilibrium is a naturally unstable one. The trick to getting there is not being afraid to fall out of it. This is why children are good at it. When everything is a toy, everything is at once worthless in the infinite game and priceless in the finite game, because its worth can be a function of how you’re playing with it. In one game, an empty cardboard box can be priceless and an expensive doll worthless. In the next game, the roles can be reversed.
But once you grow up, you become afraid of losing yourself in a finite game because you lose the ability to stop playing.
Don’t Surround Yourself With Smarter People
Venkatesh Rao
Kremer’s sympathy or empathy was very remarkable. He seemed to read his patients’ minds, to know intuitively all their fears and hopes. He observed their movements and postures like a theater director with his actors. One of his papers—a favorite of mine—was called “Sitting, Standing, and Walking.” It showed how much he observed and understood even before doing a neurological exam, even before the patient opened his mouth.
The danger of “What's next?” is never being satisfied with what's here now. Never enjoying the view when you reach the summit. Never finding joy in what you have today, and as a result, always wanting more.
The Danger of “What's Next?”
Deb Liu
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