>>9357261>>9357400Mike Rowe is as qualified to be giving people advice as any of the guys from Pawn Stars. I love how people fall for his folksy charm as though what he says actually bears insight.
Here's what I've learned: Everyone who tells me what to do with my life is full of shit. The only person who decides worth is me. My choices might have consequences including a lack of wealth, but I would never want to be his Septic Tank Business Bro. It's not because I think his work isn't important to other people, and it's not because I hate money. It's because I was ready to commit suicide before I realized there is something about human existence that isn't utter horseshit.
Science. The reason we don't live in a shithole is because men and women rejected the notion that right now, it's as good as we're gonna have it, and we may as well just settle in. That kind of effort extends to fields beyond science, but science is the reason we have technology and medicine. It uplifts us all and gives us greater meaning. Instead of having to work in a field 12 hours a day, I can learn about human diseases, to help treat them. And those who benefit can in turn go on to help others. It's why I went back to school, and graduate at 30 with a biochemistry degree with honors. It's why I'm going for a PhD. It's why I commit myself to learning and growing.
I might die poor without any meaningful accomplishments. But that doesn't matter. What matters is that I believe in what I do, and I will give it everything I have because I want to see positive change around me. I'll either make it work, or I'll die trying.
The problems today's youth has nothing to do with pursuing passion. It's finding it, and learning how to use it, including how to make a skill marketable. Or, in some cases, actually finding their true calling, and not just doing what their parents do, or told them to do.
Basically Mike Rowe is a moron and nobody should listen to his opinions about anything.
