Optimize for interestingness
Summary
- When deciding where to spend your attention, find a field interesting is a good sign that it is right for you
Details
- As you learn about a field, it will become more and more interesting to you.
References
Quotes
When in doubt, optimize for interestingness. Fields change as you learn more about them. What mathematicians do, for example, is very different from what you do in high school math classes. So you need to give different types of work a chance to show you what they're like. But a field should become increasingly interesting as you learn more about it. If it doesn't, it's probably not for you.
Related
- Being interested in something drives producing great work
- Study what interests you the most - Richard Feynmann
- How to choose an area of interest to focus on
- Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Dont be concerned about whether people are watching you - Eleanor Roosevelt
- Dont worry about being the most interesting person in the room, be the most interested person.