Re:Focus Is Saying No to Good Ideas
by snarf21 on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @01:02PM
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This is interesting to think about but I disagree with the framing of the example:
The studious man marries the first person they date and commits to life-long faithfulness regardless of any potential misalignment.
The curious man dates lots of people trying to learn both if they want to get married and what they want out of such a life-long faithful commitment.
All people are a combination of both curious and studious. It reminds me of a question I've had quite often and had lots of good conversation about: Does learning make you less able to learn?
When you "learn" something and accept it as a de-facto truth, you can be very studious from that base. However, doing so limits your ability to be curious and explore contractions to that baseline. Most modern discoveries are built on curious, by questioning the status quo. THEN, committing to that curiosity in a studious fashion.
The studious man marries the first person they date and commits to life-long faithfulness regardless of any potential misalignment.
The curious man dates lots of people trying to learn both if they want to get married and what they want out of such a life-long faithful commitment.
All people are a combination of both curious and studious. It reminds me of a question I've had quite often and had lots of good conversation about: Does learning make you less able to learn?
When you "learn" something and accept it as a de-facto truth, you can be very studious from that base. However, doing so limits your ability to be curious and explore contractions to that baseline. Most modern discoveries are built on curious, by questioning the status quo. THEN, committing to that curiosity in a studious fashion.