Re:Your Thinking Rate Is Fixed
by jvanderbot on Monday March 01, 2021 @04:26PM
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> Of course, this is a clickbait article and I'm wasting my time even responding to this, but I had a visceral reaction to this that I felt I shouldn't ignore.
Hey me too! I'm _phenomenally_ more creative and productive when "in the field" doing experiments, than when I'm at home / at work trying to predict problems and come up with novel solutions. I'm definitely thinking faster and better when equipment is on the line and stakes are higher.
I really do believe I am more _engaged_ in a problem when it's urgent, expensive, and imminent, rather than very far away. Engagement produces better results for me.
Maybe that's because I'm not thinking faster, but I'm thinking with a higher duty cycle on _this one problem_, but that's not a meaningful, operable insight. Like everything on fs that somehow makes HN.
Re:Your Thinking Rate Is Fixed
by pbronez on Monday March 01, 2021 @05:25PM
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I think the key is to recognize what situations help you be productive, then engineer more of those situations into your life. You don't need to squeeze your brain harder, you need to be in the field more.
Hey me too! I'm _phenomenally_ more creative and productive when "in the field" doing experiments, than when I'm at home / at work trying to predict problems and come up with novel solutions. I'm definitely thinking faster and better when equipment is on the line and stakes are higher.
I really do believe I am more _engaged_ in a problem when it's urgent, expensive, and imminent, rather than very far away. Engagement produces better results for me.
Maybe that's because I'm not thinking faster, but I'm thinking with a higher duty cycle on _this one problem_, but that's not a meaningful, operable insight. Like everything on fs that somehow makes HN.