sci.research.careers

Better is understanding why people feel like they're a slave, address
it now, accept what is possible, and that means be happy with it.
Neither of the 2 listed seem to describe this because u seem to think
we're slaves either way. Either you were just venting about finding
grants, or you were serious. I'll pretend you are serious. This
perception can be overcome easily.

As far as I can tell, goals are reasons for living. Emotions attached
to wanting those goals are what we need to push us to satisfy those
goals. Some goals are created for me, like keep my family safe, have
food on my table, companionship. The rest are what I create; I want to
engineer a better algorithm for detecting activity in audio/video for
DHS to better monitor terrorists without employing rude customs
police; I want to plant exotic fruits in my garden. Those are the
things that keep me going. For every achievement made along the way,
it makes me want to create new goals. The way it is. I'd accept this
first.

Then, working for someone else is the price to pay to keep me going.
To make the price worth it, make the work able to pay for my goals in
return. If I can't, then *that* will be my goal: to find work that
will pay for my goals, or better make my goals pay for itself. The
work I have now then is to sustain me until I find that work that will
pay, or when I decide it's okay not to have that as a goal. That's it
and keep at it, At some point, we all would (must) be able to find
things that we do that will persist after our death. Those are worthy
goals (in my humble opinion) to pursue.

I have faith that what scientists in general do will help someone out
there. And even if it's just a group of 2 people in a room somewhere
in the near future reading my work because they'll actually do
something with that knowledge; i will be happy.


On Aug 17, 11:52 pm, Beladi Nasralla wrote:
> What is better:
>
> (i) Live the life, feel good, and by the end of your life realise that
> you've been slave all the time;
>
> or
>
> (ii) Be unhappy in your life realising that you are a slave, and by
> the end of your life you realise that you have become less of a slave
> (due to your efforts).
>
> ?