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guslIn the next 3 days, I am going to decide my fate for next year (or maybe just the fall).
I could go to graduate school (and make real progress in my life, despite the pain of (grading XOR paying) ), keep working (and save money, perhaps work towards a green card), although I am inclined to be a bum.
Being a bum sucks because it requires self-direction and strong discipline. I was an unproductive bum for two months this summer, fully aware of it, and doing nothing effective to become a productive bum. When I have a daily routine and other people, who I see physically (what's a good antonym for "virtually"?), expect me to be doing a certain thing, it's much easier to stay focused.
So, if I do take the year off, I want to explore different ways to survive, what kinds of work I can make a living from. Translation and editing work comes to mind (strictly non-bullshit, non-fiction texts, of course), as does tutoring. Also, I don't see why I couldn't do freelance work through the Internet.
What's your opinion?
I could go to graduate school (and make real progress in my life, despite the pain of (grading XOR paying) ), keep working (and save money, perhaps work towards a green card), although I am inclined to be a bum.
Being a bum sucks because it requires self-direction and strong discipline. I was an unproductive bum for two months this summer, fully aware of it, and doing nothing effective to become a productive bum. When I have a daily routine and other people, who I see physically (what's a good antonym for "virtually"?), expect me to be doing a certain thing, it's much easier to stay focused.
So, if I do take the year off, I want to explore different ways to survive, what kinds of work I can make a living from. Translation and editing work comes to mind (strictly non-bullshit, non-fiction texts, of course), as does tutoring. Also, I don't see why I couldn't do freelance work through the Internet.
What's your opinion?
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Date: 2002-05-12 04:48 pm (UTC)I'm guessing from your name that your family is American. Do you feel more at home in Peru or in America? Do you have identify more with Americans or Peruvians?
If you search for "Daniel Dennett" you'll get more results. At the moment, I'm reading some essays from The Mind's I. I went to a talk he gave at MIT in November and he told me his opinion on the question of what common-sense AI would be like: "Scruffy is going to win".