What to Do - Paul Graham  ## Metadata - Author: **Paul Graham** - Full Title: What to Do - Category: #articles - URL: https://paulgraham.com/do.html ## Highlights - On the other hand, if you make something amazing, you'll often be helping people or the world even if you didn't mean to. Newton was driven by curiosity and ambition, not by any practical effect his work might have, and yet the practical effect of his work has been enormous. And this seems the rule rather than the exception. So if you think you can make something amazing, you should probably just go ahead and do it. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jqja8sxsjdkw29q3npp0h707))