Today’s xkcd was on the subject of being stranded, isolated, with essentially large amounts of time on your hands. I was so happy reading it, because in one panel he describes that during the character’s infinite solitude, he “rederived modern math in the sand… and then some.” This is what I had always imagined when I’ve played Desert Island. No distractions – no women, enough food to support me, no video games, no internet. Just a (let’s say noble) quest to further my own knowledge. Discover. Explore. I think of it like being in an enormous library of blank books except for a few basic texts, which you know by heart. Eternity to fill them.

Courtesy of xkcd.com