Why Didn't Sisyphus Quit?

[Paul Mackin]

OK, I got it now, it wasn't in Sapolsky's book, but as  a Stanford
commencement speaker, in his closing remarks sending the new graduates out
into the world. It was about making a difference. According to S, nothing
is more impossible than an individual person making a real difference in
the world, so that in why all of you are going out there and try.

So, what Sisyphus  was trying to do was make a difference.


On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> In "Behave" somewhere, neurologist endocrinologist superstar Robert
> Sapolsky says something to the effect that the more impossible a thing is
> the more we will pursue it.  It seem kind of wrong headed but . . . .
>
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 3:59 AM, L E Bryan <lebryan at sonic.net> wrote:
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>> Maybe he was a perfectionist, trying to get it right.
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