For some reason I recently remembered a long ago phone conversation I had once had with a friend, a few years after we had both left college. She had become a lawyer, and I had gone on to do research in computer graphics.<\/p>\n
We were comparing our different career paths, and what they might mean. At some point she said “of course, one of us is doing something that is actually impacting the world.”<\/p>\n
I remember thinking, upon hearing her say this, that she was being incredibly gracious by acknowledging that my work was so important. After all, unlike a trade (eg: being a lawyer) research can produce results that end up having a positive impact on the lives of millions of people.<\/p>\n
It took me a while to realize that she had actually meant it the other way around.<\/p>\n
Oops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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