creativity > productivity
this collection culminated with this essay, published in Every
creativity > productivity
i’m not good at what i do because i am efficient
Honestly:
I don’t want AI to make me 10x more productive so that I can “crush it” and “stay ahead of everyone else.”
I actually just want a calmer, more creative, more self-directed life. And I want that for society too.
Iversonsubstack.comWe're bad at creativity in our culture because we're obsessed with productivity. Creativity is slow and curious. Productivity considers every experiment and exploration like losing your way.
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from the Sana 2025 AI Summit
“The things that are going to be valuable are the things you can’t teach or copy.”
This sounds almost obvious, and echoes Mr. Beast’s point, but it stands in direct opposition to the way the system is currently set up. Humans spend the first twenty-two years of our lives, and sometimes more, being taught and learning how to copy.
Packy McCormick • Differentiation
It’s a little depressing that these days we mainly use computers to consume fast and react fast. Task management turns us into more productive human machines. Rather conveniently for managers, human machines have higher predictability and lower inherent value – they’re easy to automate, replace, and erase.
Productivity is important, but it’s just... See more
Productivity is important, but it’s just... See more
pketh • Productivity vs Insight, Tools for Reflection, and Other Questions Answered
going quite a bit faster when you’re going slowly is a really big gain. Going very fast when you’re already going fast is the action of a dickhead.
I define “creative risk” as the wild ideas in our mind’s eye that we would love to pursue, but don’t because the cost (time, money, reputation...) is too much to bear. As a result, we play it safe in the form of making sequels in Hollywood, emulating successful campaigns in advertising, and “staying in our lane” or what we’re comfortable with in... See more