#18 - Savannah Pagan: Multipotentialist, The Tyranny of Majors, and Steve Jobs

Savannah Pagan considers herself a multipotentialist who brings together the art of engineering and the simplicity of design. As a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she has experienced the pressures of the college system from the tyranny of majors to the facade of learning.   We explore the question: "Are Multipotentialists Allowed at all?" A question that led us to explore how to break out of a system that makes people lose their minds, quite literally.  Along with Steve Jobs, Marty McFly and Doc Brown, and Arnold Beckman, we sit down to have a unique conversation to reflect on exactly how we want to contribute to this world. A question Savannah has spent the last two years intensely pondering.  Life can be hard and finding your place can be even harder. We hope this conversation gives you the confidence to put a little bit of faith to understand yourself, follow your curiosity, and live your life to the fullest. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, AND CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, PREPARE TO BE AMAZED BECAUSE THIS IS ... THE UIUC TALKSHOW! EPISODE LINKS: Savannah's Writing: https://outofmymind.substack.com/  Savannah's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/savannah-pagan OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:35 - The tyranny of college majors  3:09 - Building a Hackintosh  8:45 - "The world ends tomorrow. What do you do?" 11:20 - Steve Jobs 22:34 - How to break out the system 31:57 - 1980s 35:02 - Alexander Hamilton  42:02 - Consumerist mentality 52:03 - Becoming a Multipotentialist 54:08 - What would you do if you were invisible? 56:15 - Simulation 58:39 - Do you live for yourself or for others? 1:00:00 - Writing 1:02:44 - Life is a highway 1:03:35 - American or Puerto Rican? 1:08:18 - India's History by Aaryaman 1:12:05 - Chernobyl 1:15:58 - Savannah's Life in 2042 1:21:42 - Advice for Young People 1:25:03 - Arnold Beckman 1:29:08 - The danger of ambition 🚥Overrated or Underrated Section 🚥 1:32:18 - 📺 TV Shows 1:35:40 - 🔮 Back To The Future 1:38:56 - 👨‍🏫 College 1:41:16 - Closing Words SOCIAL: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uiuctalkshow Twitter: https://twitter.com/uiuctalkshow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uiuctalkshow Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ezoc4xJa4DrGq7N4lhqQn Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-uiuc-talkshow/id1611427075 Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1H9UJqXvJXr3qlx9c89Rv76c6IpnwGeC Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1H9UJqXvJXqdyEq7fuyUz9cmpdfqN1Rb What is the UIUC Talkshow? Our goal with this show is to introduce to the most interesting people and most interesting people from the UIUC campus. Learn more about Juan David & Aaryaman: Aaryaman https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaryaman-patel-779437205/ Juan David Website: https://www.juandavidcampolargo.com/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdcampolargo  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdcampolargo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jdcampolargo/