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Why is being serious so important? Why is being serious so important? Well, you know, we have a limited life, right? We have limited resources and we get to live it however we want. I just think it is really tragic if we don't make the most of it, basically, right? And, you know, it's funny. It depends on who you talk to because there are people who kind of

Why is being serious so important? Why is being serious so important? Well, you know, we have a limited life, right? We have limited resources and we get to live it however we want. I just think it is really tragic if we don't make the most of it, basically, right? And, you know, it's funny. It depends on who you talk to because there are people who kind of

Why is being serious so important? Why is being serious so important? Well, you know, we have a limited life, right? We have limited resources and we get to live it however we want. I just think it is really tragic if we don't make the most of it, basically, right? And, you know, it's funny. It depends on who you talk to because there are people who kind of

get very hung up on the kind of thing I just said. And you can kind of go too far with it. And then you get really stiff and grimaced about, oh, I got to make as much money as possible. Oh, I got to acquire as much status as possible. And in my mind, that actually isn't. So when I describe seriousness, that is slightly unserious.

get very hung up on the kind of thing I just said. And you can kind of go too far with it. And then you get really stiff and grimaced about, oh, I got to make as much money as possible. Oh, I got to acquire as much status as possible. And in my mind, that actually isn't. So when I describe seriousness, that is slightly unserious.

get very hung up on the kind of thing I just said. And you can kind of go too far with it. And then you get really stiff and grimaced about, oh, I got to make as much money as possible. Oh, I got to acquire as much status as possible. And in my mind, that actually isn't. So when I describe seriousness, that is slightly unserious.

It's kind of a fixation on a particular model of trying to make some number go up. So if you read my essay, the conclusion is that seriousness is love and curiosity expressed earnestly over a long period of time. And that I just think, really, it's like life is a feast and you really want to sample everything you can and find the thing that's yours and really enjoy it.

It's kind of a fixation on a particular model of trying to make some number go up. So if you read my essay, the conclusion is that seriousness is love and curiosity expressed earnestly over a long period of time. And that I just think, really, it's like life is a feast and you really want to sample everything you can and find the thing that's yours and really enjoy it.

It's kind of a fixation on a particular model of trying to make some number go up. So if you read my essay, the conclusion is that seriousness is love and curiosity expressed earnestly over a long period of time. And that I just think, really, it's like life is a feast and you really want to sample everything you can and find the thing that's yours and really enjoy it.

Yeah, and actually, the way I would answer that question other than that is,

Yeah, and actually, the way I would answer that question other than that is,

Yeah, and actually, the way I would answer that question other than that is,

having lived through the opposite which is you know being around unserious people going to school or other institutions where there's like an unserious energy where people are kind of you know just not taking things seriously and they might have their reasons maybe the job's not that important to them and they want to focus on something else which is fine but what I found is that when I reflect on my life and think about when are the moments when I've really had a great time it's

having lived through the opposite which is you know being around unserious people going to school or other institutions where there's like an unserious energy where people are kind of you know just not taking things seriously and they might have their reasons maybe the job's not that important to them and they want to focus on something else which is fine but what I found is that when I reflect on my life and think about when are the moments when I've really had a great time it's

having lived through the opposite which is you know being around unserious people going to school or other institutions where there's like an unserious energy where people are kind of you know just not taking things seriously and they might have their reasons maybe the job's not that important to them and they want to focus on something else which is fine but what I found is that when I reflect on my life and think about when are the moments when I've really had a great time it's

But invariably, when I'm serious about what I'm doing, which involves, you know, playfulness and so on, and I'm surrounded by other people who are also serious. And that just produces something, you know, there's that je ne sais quoi, right? That excellence that is, once you've tasted it, it's such a, nothing else compares. And so I kind of, I talk about things like that in part to...

But invariably, when I'm serious about what I'm doing, which involves, you know, playfulness and so on, and I'm surrounded by other people who are also serious. And that just produces something, you know, there's that je ne sais quoi, right? That excellence that is, once you've tasted it, it's such a, nothing else compares. And so I kind of, I talk about things like that in part to...

But invariably, when I'm serious about what I'm doing, which involves, you know, playfulness and so on, and I'm surrounded by other people who are also serious. And that just produces something, you know, there's that je ne sais quoi, right? That excellence that is, once you've tasted it, it's such a, nothing else compares. And so I kind of, I talk about things like that in part to...

My friend Kevin Kwok has this quote that's like, tapping a tuning fork, see what else resonates. So if in a sea of people, you have a distribution of different kinds of seriousness, you want to find the kind of people who vibe with you and I'll...

My friend Kevin Kwok has this quote that's like, tapping a tuning fork, see what else resonates. So if in a sea of people, you have a distribution of different kinds of seriousness, you want to find the kind of people who vibe with you and I'll...