Max Marmer

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What motivates people is something that interests me. I do not think reactivity is the core of innovation, but I do think it plays a notable role. All areas of life bleed into one another and shade them accordingly. Sectors of life don’t exist in isolation. In rereading my post I do find the tone paints a condescending tone that I did not intend. This format is interesting to me because it’s not proper to revise content but much is shot from the hip. I do intend to be provocative and dancing on the lines of controversy does require my opinions to go through multiple revisions. The main idea that interests me here is that throughout history many of the world’s greatest artistic and scientific achievements were created by highly troubled people. The creative process is highly tumultuous, and it appears many times things are created out of fear rather than love. This is especially evident in the existentialist class I am currently enrolled in, as I read the works of Nietzche, Dostoevsky, Kafka and others. I’m interested in understanding the composition of many different kinds of lives, both the mundane and the ones of great contribution. What role does happiness play in all this? I’m not sure, but I have started to notice a pattern in some fairly prevalent circumstances where happiness and contribution have an inverse relationship.