Speculation: most people aren't close to *any* People Who Do Hard Things & implicitly believe that this is a higher class of human that basically doesn't exist in public conversations. To imply that you could just *choose* to become one of those people is both foolish & rude https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow/status/1108835432890920960 …
I mean... I love understanding about how inventions came about with or without a lot of focus on the inventor, but interviews & popular work from creators are generally REALLY good stuff. Hard to find better sparks. I think there are a lot of babies in your bathwater.