The creative power of constraints
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The creative power of constraints
We all know that constraints are often the driver of it all. Without constraints we would not be able to do anything.
Tobias van Schneider • Limiting Your Tools Makes You a Better Designer
Richard Feynman didn’t get his Nobel Prize by pursuing "win a Nobel Prize" as a goal. He played with problems, often placing arbitrary limits on himself: what if we assume this system has no dissipation? What if we ignore spin? He looked for elegance within boundaries, not outcomes. His freedom came from self-imposed structure.
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Limitations plus resourcefulness equals creativity text to self
Constraints make solutions non-obvious. They force the kind of second-order thinking that goals actively discourage. Instead of aiming for a finish line, the constrained mind seeks viability. It doesn’t ask, “How do I get there?” It asks, “What’s possible from here?”