Friday, December 14, 2007

Purpose and publish..

Why can't one's purpose in life be, simply, to be happy...
Why does one have to forcefully write papers and publish them in journals and attend conferences and do all the associated b.s. that follows...
Why can't one simply be happy....enjoy the small pleasures in life and leave it at that..
If I genuinely have something to say, I'll write.....I don't want to publish for the sake of it..

3 comments:

samyonix said...

Separate business from pleasure and it will make sense.

battybp said...

Alright Karthik, where is that one coming from?

Karthik J said...

hey cousin! u know where that's from...nothing serious..relax :)

thanks samy...the problem is that where I come from, the two are intermingled...the underlying belief is that one has to derive pleasure from work...any other sort of pleasure is viewed as wasteful indulgence...