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Comment author: Lumifer 16 March 2015 03:06:34PM 4 points [-]

I was shocked and started wondering why I wasn't working on anything like that? Then I wondered: Why wasn't EVERYONE working on something like that?

If you don't understand why, I think it's worth your time to figure it out. Do you understand why everyone working on the most important problem is a bad idea?

Comment author: Dues 17 March 2015 02:53:44AM 0 points [-]

haha. Yeah, later, on reflection I understood. I promise to not only show the 'most important' problems. The marginal utility of working on a problem is higher when no one else is doing it. But if there are neglected important problems then I want to find them.

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