Write the new textbooks:
Write the new textbooks.
Watched this short clip from Lex Fridman’s podcast recently (here) where he interviewed a physicist.
I have some thoughts:
You are the author of space and time.
The way you interpret the world is up to you.
Everyone sees it differently.
Just because you see it one way does not mean someone else sees it the same way.
We’re all different.
Our views are different, but we as individuals are different.
A 1 of 1.
You’re special in your own way.
You get to determine how you want to see this world.
That choice is up to you.
And you have the ability to work and discover what hasn’t been seen yet.
50 years from now, all the current textbooks are going to be rewritten.
AI, machine learning and quantum computing will rapidly push how we interpret consciousness and the world.
The world’s unsolved questions may soon be solved.
So why not go work on it?
Why not push the boundary of what we’ve seen?
To do that, you must understand the basics.
You must understand history.
You must understand concepts that have withstood the test of time.
Then push the boundary.
Look for patterns from the past and overlay them onto the future.
Apply concepts in one discipline across to another to see if you can think of the problem in a unique way.
Read far and broad. Not just about what you’re interested in, but adjacent and non-adjacent fields.
Read about psychology, history, money, ancient philosophy and science.
Broaden your horizons.
Don’t believe the way you think is the only way to think.
Don’t believe the problems you’re facing today haven’t been faced before.
All of man’s problems have been solved in the past, they just look different.
So to understand the future, you must understand the past.
Once you do, look at what you see today and think about where the world is going.
Then make bets, work hard, fail a lot and eventually you may discover something that no one else can see.
Then you can write the new textbooks.
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