Two notes before we start. One, this was inspired by the news that Val Kilmer passed away this week. His loved ones are in my thoughts.
Two, "Real Genius", while progressive in some ways, has some problematic sexual consent situations.
1. Being smart is kind of like power.
2. Smart does not equal cool. It can.
3. Burnout is bad. Sometimes learning how to have fun and relax is just as important as knowing how to study.
4. It is not nice to prank your fellow students. But it might be funny.
5. When people admire your brain, they may only care as long as they can use it for their purposes.
6. Figuring out the utility of the problems you've been asked to solve is important. Because it would suck to discover they had you making part of a weapon.
7. Breaking into a military site to make a giant popcorn house may not be nice, or wise, but it will be funny.
Tara Kennedy
Note: If you are reading this outside of your normal work hours, feel free to hold off response until your work hours.
~To the world we dream about, and the one we live in now.
"Hadestown", book and lyrics by Anais Mitchell