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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
This captures so much! My work tends to improve when I remember this (and let go of fake problems, solutions-in-search-of-problems, concerns about abstract "quality" or "output")… and to fail when I forget (and pursue same). I constantly struggle with maintaining this mindset.
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Lulie
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You will make good things if you're engaged in a problem.
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🏄🏻‍♂️ Luke Cheng
@lukelivesfree
Does it need to be contradictory though? :) Solutions-in-search-of-problems, may capture some intuitive problem you're grappling with, which is underlying the "surface level" actions.
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🏄🏻‍♂️ Luke Cheng
@lukelivesfree
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Since the world is filled with complexity, I think finding the "most causal root problems" to build from is actually much more difficult than people imagine. I think brains are able to process much more efficiently, in this manner, yet they make a lot of mistakes as well.
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🏄🏻‍♂️ Luke Cheng
@lukelivesfree
Your method is interesting though!! It sounds in line with an artistic trend. Architecture/mixed media/music/even sports/etc. seem to rely much more on this intuitive feeling, to create more solutions, even if they aren't useful yet!
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Hazel Weakly
@hazelweakly
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I think of it in a graph sense. Most people think of thought graphs as directional (hence train of thought), but it's just as useful to also run the trains backwards and see what happens :) solutions <-> insights <-> problems <-> insights <-> solutions <-> ...
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Hazel Weakly
@hazelweakly
I'm also thinking that it's nearly impossible to get to the "root" of a solution or problem. The circular nature of thinking is going to make them co-evolving more often than not. Blessed be the writer who can unravel threads enough to write something down that appears linear
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