"But what does it accomplish in the end? What does it do to benefit the world?" I asked. "Look at you. You'll be a doctor. Save lives. You have an impact."
"Nah. Look, I'll be a doctor. Find some miracle cure for cancer for some poor old 75-year-old man and he'll be cured for life and five years later, he'll die because he's old. So what will I accomplish in the end? Everyone dies. So what's the point there?" he said.
"To prolong life. Keep it going for as long as possible. Isn't that enough?"
"Maybe. But look at you. You might not be saving bodies. But you save lives. What you do is more important. People read, you save the soul."
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