"See we’re always doing that. We're always finding a way to be one up. And by the most incredibly subtle means. So you see when you see me and you say I realize I’m always doing that tell me how do I not do that. I say why do you want to know? I’ll be better that way...yeah but why do you want to be better. You see the reason you want to be better is the reason why you aren’t."
Whole heartedly agree. One metaphor I love is that a Ford Focus wins the race against a Ferrari every time if the Ford Focus has a better navigation system. If my goal is to go 1 mile due north but my compass points me due south I'm gonna spend all my time going around the whole globe. Prudence makes you more successful and your life easier.
Say what you will about his snake oiliness but I got that from Tai Lopez and he's right. Prudence is a key skill and may trump almost every other skill.
Overall pretty great points. I have been inside a Fortune 100 company that had a totally backward Data Science team that was running to crazy levels of complexity with no known goal in sight.
One thing that is worth pointing out is that the deficiency in identifying goals before running after impressive technological complexity as a status symbol is not restricted to just Data Science. I see it all the time with technologies like "Bluetooth". Let's put Bluetooth in everything. We don't know why but it seems impressive so let's just do it.
-Alan Watts circa 1965
Prophetic words.