The Case for a Varied Life - by Tommy Blanchard
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Don’t put all your eggs-periences in one identity basket
The Case for a Varied Life Don’t put all your eggs-periences in one identity basket Tommy Blanchard Jan 15, 2026 102 25 27 Share 📚 Join the Cognitive Wonderland book club to read and discuss cool books on science and philosophy with us. 📚 In grad school, I learned the value of having multiple things going on at once. I always had two studies going on, so if one stalled, the other might still be progressing. But sometimes this wasn’t enough diversity—some days, I was having larger-scale doubts about my worth as a scientist, and having a second experiment to think about didn’t help. During thi
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