tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post4125980034974293972..comments2024-02-05T05:15:04.759-08:00Comments on Wandering Scientist: Obscurity and SuccessCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-51436689349804793042011-12-30T08:18:29.998-08:002011-12-30T08:18:29.998-08:00In many ways I think this is why I love my field. ...In many ways I think this is why I love my field. I get to discover the everyday greatness of individuals through the little pieces of evidence they left behind. Everyone makes an impact in ways they wil never know.QueSerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959663812711093395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-70705574004393845292011-02-14T18:40:20.789-08:002011-02-14T18:40:20.789-08:00What a lovely post, Cloud. I love that story abou...What a lovely post, Cloud. I love that story about Shakespeare's friends. I'd never even thought to wonder how it was that his plays were published (or who published them).<br /><br />My definition of "success" has certainly changed with time, too. I'm sad for people like the Tiger Mom who cling to such narrow defintions of success (even though I come from a similar cultural background).The bean-momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411250616280191525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-35403860839731276882011-02-12T05:19:36.756-08:002011-02-12T05:19:36.756-08:00I love this post and the way you talk about the me...I love this post and the way you talk about the men who saved Shakespeare's works. <br /><br />In a way, it reminds of It's a Wonderful Life. Even those of us who do not make a huge name for ourselves and aren't remembered for generations to come, we make a difference in the lives around us. <br /><br />So I guess success for me is that the differences I make in others' lives are positives ones.caramamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327695885346537321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-55594688684554107552011-02-11T10:10:38.504-08:002011-02-11T10:10:38.504-08:00Now that I'm all grown up I suddenly realize t...Now that I'm all grown up I suddenly realize that I don't give a damn about being remembered by future generations. What would be amazing is if my kids, grandkids, and/or great-grandkids remember me fondly, and maybe even tell a fun story or two about me once in awhile. Now that would be something.hushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532820460835325762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-65502922700461239572011-02-10T07:46:48.373-08:002011-02-10T07:46:48.373-08:00During an existential crisis in HS, I realized tha...During an existential crisis in HS, I realized that we are born, we eat, we poop, and then we die. The only lasting things were expanding human knowledge and creating beauty--however ephemeral. (I've since added raising kids.)<br /><br />I decided to do the most interesting thing that someone would pay be a middle-class income to for. So far, so good. I'm not rich or famous either, but I still consider it a good and honorable life.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.com