From: > Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 1:27 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: It =eels dilettantish not to finish what I started, but you're right re: =ttention being addicting and worthless. It is more or less exactly =hat. But we live in a specialized world and I'm no specialist: when I =tarted (acting) I thought I would make myself a specialist in that =ield, until I realized it wasn't a real career. t don't mean to waste =our time. I know you don't email. I am having trouble conceiving of the =ext step so I'm regressing. The only way forward is to take RS Wurman's =ob away from him and take over the conference. Then I can be a =rofessional dilettante. On Sep 29, 2012, at 8:50 PM, =effrey Epstein wrote: old =hinking suggests you should finish what you started.. it worked =n a slow changing world.. I would suggest that the path leads to quite =bvious results. no matter how much time you had taken to =erfect your stride .re decisions time spent , backed by great =vidence ,simply increases the ratio of heat to light. and =iminishes accuracy of results. I would suggest that =he wagon falling is apt. . the pleasure from the attention ( your =ool lake dipping ). is addicting and in the end =orthless. sorry. I have more faith in you than you =ave.. On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Jessica =offe < <mailto > wrote: Wagon+falling is the wrong analogy. =t's more of a cool lake+dipping thing. I had a long mano-a-mano He said it would be foolish to drop it after spending so much time =eriously learning and pursuing it. He did compare me to a carpenter, =hough I'm pretty sure a carpenter is more steadily employable than These days every decision I make feels irrational, though the =ime I spend making them would suggest otherwise. On Sep 29, 2012, at 5:13 PM, Jeffrey Epstein =rote: falling off the =agon. ? understood. you =re welcome to the island in nov. On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 7:33 AM, =span dir="Itr'5 <mailto > wrote: Wonder whether Gates i