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#127 The Art of Quitting & Reinvention - Nina Simon on living "off the grid" in an intentional community, taking "turns" in marriage and work, having kids on an unconventional path & leaving her dream job at NASA

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

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The Joy of Math and Science Is About the Wildness and the Weirdness

For me, the joy of math and science is about the wildness and the weirdness and the creativity in it. And I just didn't experience that in my work world. My mom worked for Disney when I was a kid and we lived right down the road from Disney Studios. If at some point, I had stepped off the path a little bit to do an internship with Imagineering, I think I would have stayed. It's such a hard thing. You also just don't know what's out there.

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