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markus_zhang • today at 7:38 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Thinking has always been a luxurious privilege. In the renaissance many of the scientists were rich people who did not need to carve out their existence by working day and night.

Nowadays, I estimate that there is little active thinking in my life, and even less of it is enjoyable. The only time that I could think in an enjoyable way is to work on my own projects, which unfortunately is kinda rare these days due to work and family and health issues.


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freecodeio • today at 8:04 PM

> In the renaissance many of the scientists were rich people

Not just the renaissance. The majority of scientists or the like if you read their wiki pages, they always say "X came form an aristocratic family".

Almost as if we instead cared about living conditions and happiness index, we'd just end up with more smarter people.

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