The Obsession With Awards And Honours!

This is an important video of Nobel Prize winner Dr. Richard Feynman to watch. Just 2 minutes and 36 seconds of your time :)!

Richard Feynman: I Don't Like Honors

Underlines a point I make as often as I can: We are here to do what genuinely interests us, and do it as best as we can - not what will get us prizes or honors.

There's a difference.

Decisions regarding awards and honors are made by other people as per their mindsets, intelligence and understanding. If that becomes our focus, then we are no longer driven by what fascinates and motivates us naturally and we miss the whole point and joy of pursuing our passions and seeking answers to questions that we are genuinely and deeply curious about - - whatever the subject in question might be: science, philosophy, art, music, literature, law, ... 

Note 🙂: As I always remark when I post a Richard Feynman video, although he has inspired me no end, in terms of scientific philosophy I find myself more inclined towards Prof Erwin Schrodinger and gladly recommend reading "Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution" by John Gribbin.