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Is there a reason innovative work always seems to feature such insane burn out? You hear it everywhere you see really major strides being made. The thing I fin
by api 9y ago
Is there a reason innovative work always seems to feature such insane burn out? You hear it everywhere you see really major strides being made.
The thing I find disturbing is that moving slower doesn't just result in the thing coming slower. It seems to result in never shipping or a lack of innovation. It's like there is some kind of activation energy that must be overcome and the effect is non linear. Real innovation only ships at the threshold of collapse.
I find it disturbing because if true it means innovation is Molech, a god that demands a kind of human sacrifice in the form of burnout, destruction of health, loss of relationships, etc.
- zemvpferreira 9y agoI suspect this is nowhere near universal as we might think. Maybe it comes from viewer’s bias or a personality flaw common to individuals obssessed enough to invent, but nothing about progress benefits from personal destruction. There must be examples of progress without pain. Did inventing the internet cause anyone grief?
- veidr 9y ago> Did inventing the internet cause anyone grief? Well it could certainly be said to have caused Al Gore some grief...