Academia

It really seems like I am pursuing a career in academics now.
However, I'm not really interested in having my career purely in academia.
I want to do something more down to earth, more applied, more meaningful, not just focusing on getting my things published like a lot of academic people who are after fame and power.
I don't give a crap to fame, reputation, power or money.
I want to use my knowledge to help people, to help the justice and happiness in the world.(Sounds very ambitious? Ha ha, I don't know how I can do it,but I try my best to go towards it!) I want to contribute my all to make a positive difference.
Now I am still young, I have nothing to lose, so I dare dream big to make a bigger difference. I am not afraid of failing, because really, what have I got to lose anyway?
If I fail to fulfill my big dream, I then adjust it to a small one, make a smaller positive difference. Even if the difference I make might be very tiny, at least I try my best, no regret whatsoever.
That's what I believe in, my expectation of myself. It hasn't really changed.
People say that I am not realistic, but what is reality anyway? The realities they talked about are constructed by them, constructed by other people, taken for granted as how the world works.
I want to live in the realities constructed by myself. I define what's real in my own world, as long as I don't hurt other people, don't invade other people's rights, what's so wrong about it?
Yes, I am stubborn in my own way. But if I don't give it my best try, I know I will regret for the rest of my life, and I don't want to live my life in regret.