Smart; flexible in terms of what Stripe can capitalise on; well-read and trying to solve problems
Carl Sagan
Inspiring awe in people for the universe. Reveal the world to people like me.
Problems
Renewable Energy
Nuclear fusion
Sustainable consumption and growth
Housing
Standard of living for a lot of the world
Plastic pollution
Food wastage and general inefficiencies in product wastage
existential questions
Nuclear war
Ideas
Year out
Mini VC
Would in theory attempt to tackle all the above problems
Some form of “start-up”
Go back to college
Switch up careers somehow
What I would like to be in my wildest dreams
Look to the stars, monitor them, learn the fundamental building blocks of the universe.
It feels selfish
Isolation from people who are solving hard problems
Not necessarily improving humanity as a whole, or trying to
Notes
At some point I want to learn the language of maths and how to use it to describe the universe (Physics)
I also want to read as much as I can about those who came before me
Both of these seem like a privilege as well as being really interesting. They also look at a higher level of humanity
problems though. For instance, existential risks.
I feel some social obligation to do things that help people but ultimately I don’t really want to do, that I don’t
really find interesting problems. How do I reconcile this?
Its not optimal?
Questions that are important to me? Ambition and ethics
Is this solving an important problem?
Does this help people?
How do I go about picking somewhere to study Physics
Computation could unlock or help unlock a lot of things