What problem are you still trying to solve?

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Lifehacker, to people about their working day, How I Work

Lifehacker repeatedly used this exact closing prompt in its named How I Work questionnaire.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

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how do I, in my lifetime, do my part to help return the species to itself?

Justin Scott Campbell, Longreads, 24 April 2018 source ↗

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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Developmental biologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1995
we know the fish, we know the worm, we know the fly, but we don’t know the links between and we don’t know, when we go back to the branches in evolution, we really don’t know what happened there when they branched and how they divert and what is the major drive for evolution.
Recorded Marika Griehsel, Interview at the 53rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, 30 June–4 July 2003, Nobel Prize Outreach, 1 July 2003 source ↗
Jocelyn Bell Burnell Radio astronomer; discoverer of pulsars
They have a lot of extreme physics going on inside them and scientists use them to test theories of relativity on a cosmic scale. Einstein’s theories are checking out pretty well so far.
Recorded Louise Walsh, University of Cambridge 'Journeys of Discovery' interview series, 1 January 2020 source ↗
Rosa Parks Civil-rights activist
We still have a long way to go, we still have many obstacles and many challenges to face. It’s far from perfect, and it may never be, but I think as long as we do the best we can to improve conditions, then people will be benefited.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗
Yvon Chouinard Founder of Patagonia
We can’t delude ourselves into thinking that anything we or any other business does is “sustainable”. The best we can do is minimize the harm we do to the planet. We’ll do what we can to clean up our own house and convince other businesses and suppliers to use cleaner energy and more responsible materials, but it’s a never-ending summit. The work is never done.
Recorded Tony Hansen, interview, McKinsey & Company, 20 April 2023 source ↗

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