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I wonder if this is partially a function of decreased attention spans. It takes more discipline than ever to turn off distractions and focus on innovative solut
by conorliv1 6y ago
I wonder if this is partially a function of decreased attention spans. It takes more discipline than ever to turn off distractions and focus on innovative solutions to hard problems.
EDIT: This quote seems relevant[1]:
> It is fair to say that, in general, no problems have been exhausted; instead, men have been exhausted by the problems.
[1] https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-most-important-scientific-problems-have-yet-to-be-solved/ https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-most-important-scient...
- valachio 6y agoI seriously wonder this as well. I managed to build a profitable small business and mostly automate it. But now that I'm back in the search for another more ambitious idea to work on, it is way too easy to be distracted by all the electronics around me than to be able to ponder deeply about ideas. I tried reading a novel the other day, I couldn't make it through 3 pages without reading some random BS on the interwebs. Damn capitalism for incentivizing companies to make everything as addictive as possible...