I built a research program meant to outlast me, with people and questions that will carry on after I'm gone. Now, near the end of it, I sit with the quiet question of whether all those years actually moved anything. The building is real and standing, and I still can't tell if the world is any different for it.
More people experience this than they realize.
You can build a research program that outlives you, and you're reckoning with whether a lifetime of it changed anything.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.