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Don't tell Metallica to play the Dead
Being Who You Are
Someone will always list what Elon and the top technologists should be doing instead: electric cars, medicine, and helping people this way and that, and not Mars. Metallica is Metallica because that is the music they love, and the Grateful Dead are the Grateful Dead because that is the music they love.
What draws admiration or envy toward Elon, deep down, is his ability to ignore what people say about what he should be doing.
Matching Curiosity
Success is determined by how precisely you match your genuine curiosity to the work you do. The field still has to be understood and paid attention to, because experiments are hard, building a company is hard, and doing a podcast right is hard. The big tragedy is when people steer away from their genuine curiosity in order to succeed.
Why does interest fade when rewards arrive?
In a 1973 study by Mark Lepper, David Greene, and Richard Nisbett, preschoolers who liked drawing were promised a certificate for it. Weeks later they spent less free time drawing than children who had never been promised a reward. Psychologists call this the overjustification effect. It is one of the best-known findings in the study of intrinsic motivation.
How did the Grateful Dead build a following?
The Grateful Dead changed their setlists and improvised differently at every show, so each concert was unique. Starting in the 1980s, they also reserved sections at concerts for fans who taped the music and allowed them to share the recordings freely. Fans who traded tapes became known as Deadheads. The band earned most of its income from touring rather than record sales.