Paul Graham on Twitter: "Interesting idea: that feeling when nothing has worked and you don't know what to try next is actually a gift. I don't know if that's true, but I'd like to believe it. https://t.co/UYtwdb8cyI"

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1. mindkhichdi‏ @mindkhichdi 4 May 2019
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  Great article!
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1. Trevor Hunsaker‏ @saturdayplace 4 May 2019
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  Is this similar to letting a child *be* bored and leaving them to be responsible for their own entertainment? Instead of just finding something for them to do?
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1. Marko Jak‏ @markojak_ 4 May 2019
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  Thanks for sharing this Paul - I’ve found this particularly difficult, but invaluable, to find. It is only when I closed down my recent startup and almost immediately opening another in my desire to avoid stasis that I found the beauty of pausing, of having patience.
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1. Shan Rizvi‏ @ShanRizvi 4 May 2019
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  I like to believe that our conscious minds hog all the mental compute power despite their limited functionality. So when they hit the wall and are silenced, the compute power is finally directed to the more dynamic subconscious processes. Maybe that’s the gift?
  
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1. Hari Bakolia‏ @hari_bakolia 4 May 2019
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  Thinking mind is just one aspect of life. Most people can't taste life bcoz they think psychological drama is the only reality.
  
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1. Vishal Apte‏ @vishalapte 4 May 2019
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  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Some days, it feels like a gift that just wont stop giving!
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1. Takeshi Katsuo‏ @Ahmet_1054 4 May 2019
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  How to find the right trade off between productive work and productive stillness then?
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1. 𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕙‏ @covercash 4 May 2019
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  Constraints force creativity and clever solutions.
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1. Gytis Labasauskas‏ @Labasauskas 4 May 2019
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  Well, this is the state most people attempt to reach when meditating. Only in this case, stillness is reached via exhaustion rather than deliberate attempt.
  
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1. JoJaSciPo‏ @strangetruther 5 May 2019
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  JoJaSciPo Retweeted Dr Rachel Pope
  
  https://twitter.com/preshitorian/status/1123861339817021440 …
  
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  Dr Rachel Pope @preshitorian
  
  I’ve had 10 weeks off teaching and management duties (what they face me in maternity leave) and I’ve solved a 150 year issue and developed new method for the field. Imagine if academics had more time to think. #academiclife
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