I was just thinking about how, about a year ago, I was really into quantum physics and quantum mechanics and wanted to learn advanced math and get a job at the LHC or something. Then I kind of lost as much interest in that sort of thing. For the past six months, I have been focusing more on programming, computer architecture, networking, webapp security and such. Just now, I felt like going back to learning QED. And I haven't done this shit in a year, I am taking my life in a totally different direction right now, but I just suddenly got this impulse. And if I actually started going down that path again, it would fuck up my life even more, I really don't have the time, patience or resourced to learn quantum physics along with the two million other things I am trying to do. I really want to, though. That's kind of my problem in life, I want to learn everything, and in trying to learn everything I learn nothing.
I often feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of shit that there is to KNOW..... I mean, the universe is so full of information, it's just so incredibly full of information. If a single person could assimilate all of that information, they would be the most powerful person alive, right?? Scientia est potentia, as they say. But our methods of learning are so inefficient...... There must be a better way.