Comment by hathawsh

While this passage is inspiring, it boils down to:

  1. Get good at something
  2. Get paid for doing it
  3. Get burned out by doing it
  4. Return to the fun way of doing it
  5. ???
  6. Win a Nobel prize or similar

How repeatable is that pattern? Is that one of the patterns we want to teach the next generation? Serious question. I don't know the answer. Feynman is obviously rather exceptional. Should we encourage people to follow a path like his?