Maybe just maybe the meaning of life is getting the next idea and learning (ideally the hard way) that it’s not that good. Because it’s stochastic knowledge that most ideas a not that good.

So sooner you learn why your next idea isn’t good enough the sooner you land on a really good one.

This thought was influenced by a note from John Carmack.

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