I similarly think about how all of the time that I "frivolously wasted" dicking around on the internet instead of doing my homework was actually a great investment. if I could go back in time I'd do it even more, with less guilt
I rewatched The Big Short last night. I know it's dramatized, but it's really sobering to contemplate how people will think you're insane (literally – they'll think you're mentally unsound) for doing what you think is right, based on your rigorous assessment of reality
"no one would listen"
(if you'll indulge me: I'm currently in this exciting-and-agonizing headspace where I *know* that I possess a powerful [partial] solution to loneliness. My close friends know it. Now 10,000+ people on Twitter know it. Why isn't this a solved problem...?)
