For the first, I know that it's true for me that if I don't actively create things, my ability stagnates. If I actively create things right at my skill level, I

For the first, I know that it's true for me that if I don't actively create things, my ability stagnates. If I actively create things right at my skill level, I stay the same, and if I actively try to learn new methods to deal with problems my ability increases. If my ability were to stagnate far enough, all I would have left would be opinions about the methods that made up my previous ability. I could probably still argue in their favor, but not do much else than that. For the second, it's a bit vague to me. I guess if you don't have much in the way of ability, you may start defining yourself by your opinions - which can lead to narrow-mindedness and exclusion because you are stuck in a mindset where your opinion is "correct" and have not experienced the other side of the debate, whatever it may be. I'm pretty sketchy on my guess on that second one. "I mean, I'm all for creating over not creating, but this sounds like feel-good but completely unsupported assertions." You may be right, but I have the feeling that it has more to do with the format of twitter than anything else. "(Also, are there any people who do not in fact create anything?)" Unless you're speaking of the obvious physical limitations on "not creating anything", yes - tons of them.