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I know in 100 years I will be forgotten and besides my direct descendants, my life will mean nothing to everyone living at that time.
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Even your direct descendants won't remember you in 100 years. They can look you up, but why bother.
You could make millions and have a hospital wing, college library, or little league field named after you, but a couple years later they would sell naming rights to a bank or energy company.
You could find a cure for some disease, but they'd be cursing you, when they found it caused another problem.
You could write literary classics but students everywhere would be cursing you for having to read and memorize the crap.
Make great paintings and your name will be remembered.... but not you. Descendants with the same name, who reap no financial gain, will curse you when they are harassed by art teachers and become the butt of the other students jokes.
No, better to do what makes you happy, then slip beneath the waves without a ripple, than to be famous.