Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
jakeweber.net
In the early 1900s, psychoanalytic theorists speculated that people became bored out of unfulfilled unconscious desire. Midcentury existentialists such as Jean-Paul Sartre, by contrast, saw boredom as a fundamental philosophical crisis, what Schopenhauer once termed "the feeling of the emptiness of life."
Could boredom be curable? - The Boston Globe
“The temptation to save something for a future piece is a signal to use it now”
- paraphrasing Annie Dillard
@mckaywrigley I have a bunch of questions I ask. What would you build for yourself? What did previous companies you've worked for need? What are you an expert in? What have you noticed recently that seemed broken? If you were going to build something just for fun, what would it be?
Paul Grahamx.comPaul Graham
“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.” ― John Cage
Do you think Shakespeare was gritting his teeth and diligently
trying to write Great Literature? Of course not. He was having
fun. That's why he's so good.
trying to write Great Literature? Of course not. He was having
fun. That's why he's so good.
paulgraham.com • What You'll Wish You'd Known
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Reasons for procrastination
boredom
frustration
difficulty level
unstructured/ambiguous goal
lack of personal meaning
lack of intrinsic reward