Life is plagued with the incongruency of our inputs and outputs. It’s like in the TV show Severance. Your hobbies, what you read, do, watch, listen to—your life—your inputs have no impact from your work, or your outputs. This divorce between our two lives lead to an unresolved tension. A lack of purpose, of direction.

This came to me from Gwern’s interview on Dwarkesh’s podcast. From his research method—rabbit holes, looking for things that spark.