[ryanmercer]

Career wise? I haven't yet. I've found a company I'm really excited about and have applied though but just playing the waiting game.

Outside of career? Reading. Reading a lot. I read a ton of hard science fiction and SHTF type stuff as well as books like The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg (just started it this morning, been sitting on my kindle for months) and Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow by Robert B. Laughlin. Reading books like these have, over probably 20 years, really developed a mind that spends a lot of time thinking about what problems our species faces in the immediate, near and even far future. I enjoy this, even though many things outright terrify me for my own future as well as our collective future.

I like the 'what if' aspect of how reading this variety of works has brought about in me. What if nuclear war, what if asteroid impact, what if supervolcano, what if peaceful first contact via broadcast or in person, what if automation frees up humans to do what they want to do instead of working to live, what if cancer is all but irradicated in small religious sects, what if what if what if.

[TomMarius]

I'm same as you, but I'm actually getting tired of it. Everytime I encounter a problem, I start compulsively thinking in this direction, scaling it during the process, eventually getting frustrated about my inability to implement necessary changes.

[ryanmercer]

I feel you. Food production is a big one with me right now and I've been drastically reducing the animal products in my diet and switching to less processed foods (black beans have become my staple).

I find writing can help manage it a bit, in fact I just finished a piece on food production and indoor farming https://www.ryanmercer.com/ryansthoughts/2018/7/8/tackling-t...

[mrfusion]

What are some good things to do with black beans?

[Djvacto]

Peruvian Black Beans with Rice & Aji sauce (Yellow or Green Sauce) is delicious and inspired by a local place I ate at a few times.

Black Bean burgers/patties are great.

I like making tacos with the refried beans (mashed or not).

You can also use black beans in 'stir-fries'! I'm actually trying to decide what typical Asian sauce to try it with next. Maybe General Tso's?

[ryanmercer]

That I haven't figured out yet, I've just been eating them with cornbread or using them for taco-filling as a meat substitute. It's getting old real quick.