GeniesLoki

Having ideas is trivial. Having great ideas isn’t.

Honestly having great ideas isn't that hard either most people just don't want to and/or don't have the time to. Main problem is once you have great ideas, what're you going to do with them? Executing on great ideas is fucking hard.

yea I’d say if you have a process of getting good ideas, greatness will visit periodically. the challenge then is to recognize greatness when it happens, and to follow through appropriately

Wow ok this is unexpected I actually totally disagree? Like my great ideas have all come from deep deep engagement with myself and literature and tons of observations and luck and opportunism, they weren’t cheap, at all

I never said cheap anywhere

Step 1: be moderately intelligent Step 2: generate 1,000 ideas Step 3: subject these 1,000 ideas to taste, scrutiny, feedback, criticism Step 4: identify the best ideas amongst these, and use your hypotheses about what makes them great to generate 1000 higher quality ideas

Step 3 is kind of hard a gauntlet for the heart