> I can't decide whether I should be working on what I want to work on (Energy, AI) or whether I should work on what I believe should be worked on (Healthcare).
It's my opinion that picking based on idealisms alone is bad for everyone, _unless_ you have the luxury of choice! ... what I mean by "luxury of choice" is: of the things you are both _good_ at and _enjoy_.
If you excel at and enjoy working in both healthcare and energy, then pick the idealism and be the humanitarian... if you don't enjoy healthcare or are not good at it, don't bother, you will support humanity as a whole and thus healthcare indirectly by working on the problems you _can_ efficiently solve, all while not torturing yourself.
My above assertions are based on the assumption that you already know you are good at and enjoy one of your choices, if not, you need to explore, otherwise you are choosing based on an even worse aspect (speculation). i.e kids say they want to be a fireman or spaceman but unless you are really stubborn you should choose based on the _processes_ those things involve. End results are just a single moment in time.
It's my opinion that picking based on idealisms alone is bad for everyone, _unless_ you have the luxury of choice! ... what I mean by "luxury of choice" is: of the things you are both _good_ at and _enjoy_.
If you excel at and enjoy working in both healthcare and energy, then pick the idealism and be the humanitarian... if you don't enjoy healthcare or are not good at it, don't bother, you will support humanity as a whole and thus healthcare indirectly by working on the problems you _can_ efficiently solve, all while not torturing yourself.
My above assertions are based on the assumption that you already know you are good at and enjoy one of your choices, if not, you need to explore, otherwise you are choosing based on an even worse aspect (speculation). i.e kids say they want to be a fireman or spaceman but unless you are really stubborn you should choose based on the _processes_ those things involve. End results are just a single moment in time.