I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.
Systems have sub-systems and sub-systems have sub- systems and so on ad infinitum - which is why we're always starting over.
Acting is not about being someone else. It's about finding the truth in yourself.
The true challenge in computer science is not just to build faster computers, but to develop smarter algorithms.