Your dream projects might be dreams because they’re not formed in dialog with the world, not because they’re good ideas
Sasha Chapintwitter.comYour dream projects might be dreams because they’re not formed in dialog with the world, not because they’re good ideas
Creative people naturally produce false positives. Ideas that they think are good but aren’t. Ideas that other people have already had. Mediocre ideas that contain buried within them the seeds of much better ideas. The key is to catch them early. And the only way to do that is by doing the work at least partly in front of an audience. A book should
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Alan Kay once said: "Turn up your nose at good ideas. You must only work on great ideas, not good ones." Inspiring, and exasperating. I've been grappling with it for years, on and off.
Held as a lens, it really has pushed me to work on projects that have felt a lot more meaningful, long-term. But it's also corrosive: it... See more
Raw, unrefined ideas are worth absolutely nothing. They become valuable when you apply the knowledge and skills necessary (a) to first recognize which ideas are actually good and (b) to then develop high-quality practical implementations of those that are.
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