Even when you understand that FAI is the most important thing to be doing, there are many ways in which you can fail to translate that into action.
It seems most people are making the assumption that I’ll suddenly start doing really boring work that I hate. That’s not the case. I have to maximize my benefit, which means considering all the factors. I can’t be productive in something that I’m just bad at, or something that I really hate, so I won’t do that. But there are plenty of things that I’m somewhat interested in and somewhat familiar with, that would probably do a lot more to help with FAI than making games. But, again, it’s something that has to be carefully determined. That’s all I was trying to say in this post. I have an important goal → I need to really consider what the best way to achieve that goal is.
I see. I wasn’t asserting that you are going to do work you hate, however. I was mainly looking at the value of having a seemingly unachievable and incredibly broad goal as one’s primary motivation.
I’m sure you have a much more nuanced view of how and why you are undertaking this life change, and I don’t want to discourage you. Seeing as how the general consensus is that FAI is the most important thing to be doing, I think it would take a lot of effort to discourage you. I just can’t help but think that there should be a primary technical interest in the problems presented by FAI motivating these kinds of decisions. If it was me, I would be confused as to what exactly I would be working on, which would be very discouraging.
I’m also confused as to what I should be working on. That was one of the primary reason it took a while for me to get to this point. I still don’t know what to do, but I know I have to do my best to figure it out.
Even when you understand that FAI is the most important thing to be doing, there are many ways in which you can fail to translate that into action.
It seems most people are making the assumption that I’ll suddenly start doing really boring work that I hate. That’s not the case. I have to maximize my benefit, which means considering all the factors. I can’t be productive in something that I’m just bad at, or something that I really hate, so I won’t do that. But there are plenty of things that I’m somewhat interested in and somewhat familiar with, that would probably do a lot more to help with FAI than making games. But, again, it’s something that has to be carefully determined. That’s all I was trying to say in this post. I have an important goal → I need to really consider what the best way to achieve that goal is.
I see. I wasn’t asserting that you are going to do work you hate, however. I was mainly looking at the value of having a seemingly unachievable and incredibly broad goal as one’s primary motivation.
I’m sure you have a much more nuanced view of how and why you are undertaking this life change, and I don’t want to discourage you. Seeing as how the general consensus is that FAI is the most important thing to be doing, I think it would take a lot of effort to discourage you. I just can’t help but think that there should be a primary technical interest in the problems presented by FAI motivating these kinds of decisions. If it was me, I would be confused as to what exactly I would be working on, which would be very discouraging.
I’m also confused as to what I should be working on. That was one of the primary reason it took a while for me to get to this point. I still don’t know what to do, but I know I have to do my best to figure it out.