[archibaldJ]

hmm interesting. I just realized the magical Thread is in some sense about local maximum i.e. the best foreseeable thing right now that doesn't require much effort to achieve.

Even when we don't think we're pulling the thread, we often are. The only way is to constantly remind yourself of an imaginary/unforeseeable global maximum that you can work hard to acheive..

But even then that could just be another local maximum that I've tricked myself into thinking that's all there is. But if you aim too high, it's exhausting and may have the adverse effects (e.g. you end up failing while also missing out your local maximum) - and so you would want to hang more into the foreseeable local maximum (which may not be too bad a thing to be honest, esp when you are all burnt out).

This is truly the hardest problem in life.

.. and then here is the strange question: is trying to achieve global maxmium and immersing yourself in work and becoming a workaholic (so more get done while time passes quicker) the actual pulling of the thread?