Funny. I’ve always been proud of understanding things deeper than people around me (or trying).
But at the same time those people around would treat as something miserable the fact that I don’t even try to remember dates, numbers, names, other specific facts not necessary for understanding the whole architecture. I’m fine with that context, but it’s obvious.
I resonate with this. I love astrophysics and space, but never bothered to learn the names and order of the planets of the solar system. Likewise, only recently I’ve put the effort to learn the order of the months, since not knowing it makes it very hard for me to remember birthdays of people. And I believe I’ve been hinted from people once close to me, that those type of things mean I only care about myself.
Funny. I’ve always been proud of understanding things deeper than people around me (or trying).
But at the same time those people around would treat as something miserable the fact that I don’t even try to remember dates, numbers, names, other specific facts not necessary for understanding the whole architecture. I’m fine with that context, but it’s obvious.
I resonate with this. I love astrophysics and space, but never bothered to learn the names and order of the planets of the solar system. Likewise, only recently I’ve put the effort to learn the order of the months, since not knowing it makes it very hard for me to remember birthdays of people. And I believe I’ve been hinted from people once close to me, that those type of things mean I only care about myself.