> math has destroyed a major source of “life’s meaning”
YOU ARE NOT YOUR WORK! My god people! The meaning you get from life shouldn’t be reduced entirely to the job you do. Mathematician, or programmer, or pilot, or ship captain, or janitor or otherwise.
I already had to learn this, but the sooner you decouple your professional life from “what makes you… you” the better.
Meaning in life comes from contributing to something larger than yourself. Work is one way but there are others. Just be careful when you dismiss work that you don't end up leading a meaningless life.
YOU ARE NOT YOUR WORK! My god people! The meaning you get from life shouldn’t be reduced entirely to the job you do. Mathematician, or programmer, or pilot, or ship captain, or janitor or otherwise.
I already had to learn this, but the sooner you decouple your professional life from “what makes you… you” the better.