January 2019


My pampered life
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Tens of millions of humble, dedicated, 
productive geniuses have gifted me an 
enormous array of marvelous textiles, 
machines and electronic devices for my 
comfort, delight and amusement.  And.. 
they've provided the health care and 
the music.

Whenever I thumb through the handbooks or
textbooks authored by electrical engineers, 
electronics engineers, materials scientists,
computer scientists or biologists -- or 
whenever I simply look about me -- I'm humbled
to see that I'm not 1/100 as accomplished as 
the truly accomplished, or 1/20 as smart.

(I've put a lot of thought into it.)

My first overwhelming awareness of what's
actually out there didn't happen until
I was 35, despite having three years of 
college math and a year of college physics 
behind me, having a strong aptitude for 
every type of engineering, and being a
machinist for my first year out of high 
school.

It's been a regular occurence ever since.

The complexity and perfectionism throughout 
the manufacturing sector -- specifically the 
engineering behind it -- is perpetually 
shocking to me.

I wonder whether I'm the only one who was 
slow to discover just how complex is the 
science and engineering behind the products 
we take for granted.

I don't feel I've contributed much to society
or met my potential.  I mostly just test well.



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