You should only work in the most important problem of the world if you have a high rate of probability of solving it.
Usually only young and naive people try that because they don't know something is impossible and they believe they are much more capable than what they really are.
Then what happens is they fail catastrophically, like Gutenberg, Columbus, Einstein, Plank did. Over time people that succeed eventually recover(most people don't) and discover something did not plan to discover in the first place that turned to be more important that what they were looking for.
You don't need to do that, Newton probably died virgin. He had no offspring. Gutenberg died bankrupt. It was a great deal for the world, but not that good deal for them personally. The Madam Curie and daughter died on their fifties being exposed to radiation in order to help WWI soldiers with early radiograph. Again great deal for society, not that great for them.
Most people won't risk as much as the people that usually succeed spectacularly. And that is great for them, their lives will be much more balanced and way happier.
People can only see the success part, the beautiful side of the coin, not what it took to get there. They can see SpaceX rockets being reused but don't see Elon Musk asking for money as he went bankrupt after several rocket failures and nobody wanted to lend him more money(and banks wanted to profit from that seizing everything). They can't see Elon sleeping in the Office.
Usually only young and naive people try that because they don't know something is impossible and they believe they are much more capable than what they really are.
Then what happens is they fail catastrophically, like Gutenberg, Columbus, Einstein, Plank did. Over time people that succeed eventually recover(most people don't) and discover something did not plan to discover in the first place that turned to be more important that what they were looking for.
You don't need to do that, Newton probably died virgin. He had no offspring. Gutenberg died bankrupt. It was a great deal for the world, but not that good deal for them personally. The Madam Curie and daughter died on their fifties being exposed to radiation in order to help WWI soldiers with early radiograph. Again great deal for society, not that great for them.
Most people won't risk as much as the people that usually succeed spectacularly. And that is great for them, their lives will be much more balanced and way happier.
People can only see the success part, the beautiful side of the coin, not what it took to get there. They can see SpaceX rockets being reused but don't see Elon Musk asking for money as he went bankrupt after several rocket failures and nobody wanted to lend him more money(and banks wanted to profit from that seizing everything). They can't see Elon sleeping in the Office.