something that's been running through my mind... how to do something that is truly new and unique. like synthetic biology use to be a major interest of mine, it seemed so new and exciting, and I thought it would be something I would want to do serious research with given the chance. but synthetic biology is already been built up, people are already flocking to it, it's general path and goals are already known or guessed. recently I've been thinking I want to do something alone in the wilderness, going where no one has gone before(for real). but of course that's difficult. limitations, of being human, culture, being unable to forget what we already know... it may be all caked in, we are already baked. however there are techniques out there to try and escape...
don't forget that every other innovative person in history has felt like this before