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I guess my follow up is: which is better? Is it better not to pay attention to tasks and imagine other stuff or is it better to focus on the task no matter how
by projectramo 8y ago
I guess my follow up is: which is better? Is it better not to pay attention to tasks and imagine other stuff or is it better to focus on the task no matter how trivial?
In other words, should the Maya kids be learning from the Americans?
- SerLava 8y agoThat highlights an interesting aspect of American culture. Whenever America is different from the rest of the world, most americans' default position is to assume it is worse. The only exceptions are behaviors with some kind of cultural identity behind them.
- 2trill2spill 8y agoInteresting question. I certainly have had many great ideas while not paying attention and being bored out of my mind in school.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoI agree. Personally, I don't remember what boredom is. I stop paying attention whenever I can get away with it, happy that I just reclaimed some time from a bullshit situation - time which I can use to think about problems that interest me.
- brightball 8y agoI had the same question. I’ve always been able to focus to the point of obsessiveness on things that interest me and I see the same qualities in my son now. For him it’s Bey Blades and Pokémon right now. Career wise, the trick has always been learning to aim my obsession at the problem.