Max Tegmark

Let's think about what kind of future we're really, really excited about.

What are the shared goals that

That we can really aspire towards.

And then let's think really hard about how we can actually get there.

Don't start thinking about the risks.

Start thinking about the goals.

And then when you do that, then you can think about the obstacles you want to avoid.

I often get students coming in right here into my office for career advice.

I always ask them this very question.

Where do you want to be in the future?

If all she can say is, oh, maybe I'll have cancer.

Maybe I'll get run over by a truck.

She's just going to end up a hypochondriac paranoid.

Whereas if she comes in and fire in her eyes and is like, I want to be there.

And then we can talk about the obstacles and see how we can circumvent them.

That's, I think, a much, much healthier attitude.

That's really well put.

And I feel it's very challenging to come up with a vision for the future, which we are unequivocally excited about.

I'm not just talking now in the vague terms, like, yeah, let's cure cancer, fine.

I'm talking about what kind of society do we want to create?