Ugh. I like few things less than posts like this. Inspirational b.s. that has almost no relevance to anything. Information flow here is zero, if not negative for the time to read it.
This makes it seem that once a person gains a certain level of notoriety and a certain amount of eyes, they can just produce content with absolutely zero information to make sure people don't forget them. A few steps later is renting infomercial spots on late night TV and selling self-help books.
> am I still driving at it all as hard as I can? Or am I getting comfortable and lazy?
I don't think that's a question of either/or. Its usually a battle between the two; it comes down to your ability to master that game. Especially if you work for yourself.
I don't remember the exact quote so try not to flame me for getting it wrong- A while back Steve Jobs was courting that guy(forgot his name) from PepsiCo for the CEO position at Apple and he said something like; "Come on Man, stop selling sugar water and help me make a dent in the universe"
Thanks Anti, thats the quote alright, it seems I incorrectly remembered the "dent" line came from that discussion, I was wrong. (So many books, so many quotes, so many people, so much information!)
I think the Jobs quote you're referring to is "We're here to make a dent in the universe". I think it was during the development of the original Mac, but I'm not sure.
I think it was Frank Tipler who wanted [[trans]humankind] to do an infinite amount of computation before the end of the universe - he might have limited that to a big-crunch scenerio though.
This makes it seem that once a person gains a certain level of notoriety and a certain amount of eyes, they can just produce content with absolutely zero information to make sure people don't forget them. A few steps later is renting infomercial spots on late night TV and selling self-help books.