>There are countless people who spend their life perusing projects that do not produce anything valuable.
It can't be understated how painful that has to be from their perspective.
I suppose a similar story is where they do produce something of value, but it's incremental in nature. Incremental advancements usually don't receive much recognition.
> It can't be understated how painful that has to be from their perspective.
Why? Somebody can play videogames all day, because it's fun, and then die all of sudden. They didn't produce anything valuable, and yet, they didn't feel bad about it.
It's only painful if you rethink it, and basically say, I should have spent my time doing something else. Which is a paradox of choice.
