Like technology, ego is a very powerful tool to accomplish things. Like what you said, ego allows you to think, uninhibited by your surroundings, who may even believe you are nothing but a fool. But as powerful as they come, both ego and technology are also very dangerous tools, like a knife. They can either be useful or dreadful.

Thanks for posting.

steve jobs didn’t die.
bill gates told him to go to hell,
and buy up all of its stocks.

even though i know that any person who reads this blog,
could potentially take the following words,
and use them against me,
in the form of increases career competition.

it seems often,
that someone mistakes something that is “difficult”,
for being something that is “impossible.”

difficult and impossible are 2 completely different species.
with difficult being one of millions of tiny insignificant ants on the ground,
and impossible being the fictitious snark,
which no one has ever seen before.

in either math of programming,
the single hardest part,
is to merely to keep working,
until the work is done.
and/or until all the problems are solved.

intelligence mostly just makes it take less time and effort,
to accomplish the same effect.

even an idiot will eventually get it to work.
as long as they keep trying.
and as a concession to nay sayers,
as long as they keep trying in different ways.
until they randomly discover the ways that make it work.

to keep trying until it is done,
is the most important of all things.
but the biggest thing that ALLOWS you to continue your effort,
is your ego.

that is right.
your ego.
your brazen self love,
that believes that you are good enough.

that you are some kind of intellectual chuck norris, of technical-awesome.

that like ichigo from bleach, you will invade soul society, beat up kenpachi,
and save the loli-princess who constantly hits and disrespects you.

your ego is the greatest possible motivator,
for learning/doing something.

especially something that is not absolutely necessary,
yet can easily become a true pain in the *****.
like programming or math.

nobody manages to do it well,
for reasons of their
friends,
family,
job security,
or greed for materialism.

ego is the reason,
that will get you there stronger,
faster,
and more comfortably.
it is the ultimate transportation, to your technical destination.

not having enough ego, is like a car that has too weak of an engine, to climb up a hill.
the car struggles and strains and whines, but goes nowhere.
the car is very likely to claim that it is “impossible!”,
roll back down the hill,
and right into “i’m not good enough” land.

which in western society, is an unpleasant, loud, densely populated trailor park.
that has dogs that bark all day and night, empty alcohol bottles lying everywhere, and a strange biological smell.

which all do nothing,
to help you theorize a possible solution,
for an issue that no manual or forum has an answer for.

oh, but wait !
your EGO allows you to think,
that your theoretical solution,
is good enough to consider !
long enough for you to make some kind of progress with it !

ego also protects you from the the harmful psychological effects,
of your inevitable failures.
your ego allows you to forgive your self for failing,
so you can learn wisdom from your mistakes, in a guilt free manner.

instead of the person who has too little ego.
who is psychological haunted and destroyed,
by their own mistakes.
like i used to be, long ago.

the road to mastery, is pathed with one million failures.
but only if you learn from each of those one million failures.

and you need ego,
to learn from them,
without being more likely to give up,
because of them.

there are also aspects of constructive competition,
that your ego allows you to use.

because the element of competition is involved,
when you are trying to solve a technical problem.

or if you need to get something unpleasant done.
and you cannot get it done,
purely for peaceful positive reasons.

yet it is more pleasant to get it done,
using negative, ugly, combative-minded reasons.

where the combativeness of the intellect,
is much smoother and subtile,
than the combativeness of the physical body.

the only people who will tell YOU to have less ego,
are people who are psychologically soothed,
by thinking that YOU are inferior to them.

absolutely nobody who knows what is best for you,
will tell you to lower your ego.

never mind their intentions.
mind the effect that they have, when they suggest things too you.

small people will try to make you small, like them.
but great people will treat you like you are great, as well.

and i know that every single one of you,
has the ability to do anything,
that the greatest of people have done.

any one of you could immitate the activities of satan,
just as skillfully,
as a bill gates or a steve jobs!