On the ride home we had something like this conversation:
Aaron: I think I might like to be an architect. But there are also other things I want to do. Most of all I want to help with some big problems, like maybe I’ll be an environmentalist first, and then I’ll be a money scientist to take care of poverty. I want a job that helps with problems.
Rachel: You really want to help people.
Aaron: I would like to help with some big problems first. Like maybe first I could be an environmentalist. Then maybe after the big problems are solved, or at least on a good track, I could move on to a different area. Then after all the big problems in all the different areas are on a good track, I could do something that is more just for my own interest, like be an architect or a scientist.
Rachel: You have a lot of different interests and you want a chance to do a lot of different things.
Aaron: Yes. Like maybe I could be an environmentalist on Mondays and Wednesdays, and be an architect on Tuesdays, and a scientist on Thursdays and Fridays.
Rachel: Education is very important. Solving big problems takes a lot of knowledge. You have to have good ideas, but also you have to know what people have tried already and what is likely to work the best.
Aaron: I would like to get multiple PhDs and do a lot of different things so that I could help with a lot of different things.
Rachel: You might be able to help with more than one thing at the same time. For example, some architects are working on how to give a lot of people a good kind of house to live in; that can help with all the people that don’t have a good place to live, which is a very important problem. Or how to make a house that is good for the environment. Then you are an environmentalist and an architect.
Aaron: Or like how to make stuff out of bamboo, because bamboo grows very fast.
Aaron: I think I might like to be an architect. But there are also other things I want to do. Most of all I want to help with some big problems, like maybe I’ll be an environmentalist first, and then I’ll be a money scientist to take care of poverty. I want a job that helps with problems.
Rachel: You really want to help people.
Aaron: I would like to help with some big problems first. Like maybe first I could be an environmentalist. Then maybe after the big problems are solved, or at least on a good track, I could move on to a different area. Then after all the big problems in all the different areas are on a good track, I could do something that is more just for my own interest, like be an architect or a scientist.
Rachel: You have a lot of different interests and you want a chance to do a lot of different things.
Aaron: Yes. Like maybe I could be an environmentalist on Mondays and Wednesdays, and be an architect on Tuesdays, and a scientist on Thursdays and Fridays.
Rachel: Education is very important. Solving big problems takes a lot of knowledge. You have to have good ideas, but also you have to know what people have tried already and what is likely to work the best.
Aaron: I would like to get multiple PhDs and do a lot of different things so that I could help with a lot of different things.
Rachel: You might be able to help with more than one thing at the same time. For example, some architects are working on how to give a lot of people a good kind of house to live in; that can help with all the people that don’t have a good place to live, which is a very important problem. Or how to make a house that is good for the environment. Then you are an environmentalist and an architect.
Aaron: Or like how to make stuff out of bamboo, because bamboo grows very fast.
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