Moving from principle to daily life, expectations often arrive disguised as common sense: the respectable career, the acceptable timeline, the ‘right’ kind of success. Because these scripts are shared, they can feel like moral law, even when they are simply cultural habit. In that way, other people’s imagined disappointment can become a private prison.
Yet Feynman’s wording—“no responsibility”—is precise. He doesn’t say others’ hopes are irrelevant; he says you are not duty-bound to fulfill them. Recognizing that difference is often the first step toward choosing consciously rather than complying automatically. [...]
