The place where I (Phil) work every day has the hardest working group of people I have seen anywhere in my looong life.
Friday, as I was leaving at 5:45 PM, I saw KG.
“Heading home?” I asked.
“No, we have data collection this evening and tomorrow (i.e. Saturday) morning.”
Wow, I have worked on Saturday, when necessary, but this seems fairly routine here. No matter how late I leave work, I am only rarely the last to leave. On the occasions I have stopped by on the weekend, there has always been someone there. In fact, the only time I am alone is early in the morning. Apparently I am about the only morning person around.
But, these are ambitious people. One young guy aspires to a cover-featured article in the journal NATURE, which is no easy feat.
"Aim high!" the pundits tell us.
And, fame, fortune, recognition are universal desires, at least in the most-developed nations of the world.
But, is this progress?
“For what doth it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what will a man give for a soul.”
I know someone famous said that, I just can’t remember who. ;)
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