I think everybody needs to feel accepted by the community, but the way a person would like them to accept him/her varies substantially among us.
Some people need to hear they are beautiful, some other need to hear they are smart, and others just need to hear they care someone else.
In science, do we need to feel we are "recognised" by our colleages?
How do we need them to recognise us?
Have you never felt you are in a spiral like movement where the more you publish the more you need to?
Why?
What for?
I think only a few things really matter in life.
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
