After reading the Timeline of the Far Future (via @tcollen) I can only conclude that Albert Camus was right about one thing.
Life is absurd, but suicide — giving up — is not the answer. The answer is to live as fully and richly as possible, rather than acquiesce to mediocrity in the face of inevitability.
Jason Fried:
When you really want to do something right, which is usually what you should be striving for, you tend to slow down.
Contrary to what your fears and superiors may be telling you, sometimes the best course of action to take when you’re stressed is to slow down.
Maciej Ceglowski, creator of Pinboard:
A rule of thumb that has worked well for me is that if I’m excited to play around with something, it probably doesn’t belong in production.
