Quote by Steven Chu

By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size.

By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent

Summary

This quote expresses the author's childhood fascination with building and creating, as they progressed from simpler toys to more complex ones like an erector set. The author's focus was not on the purpose of their creations, but rather on the sheer enjoyment of constructing objects with many moving parts and large sizes. This highlights the pure joy and creativity that can stem from childhood play and the unbounded imagination that can drive our early pursuits.

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