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> The fundamental deficiency with our society is that we value talking about X more than performing/implementing X. I am so guilty of this. I spend so much tim

> The fundamental deficiency with our society is that we value talking about X more than performing/implementing X. I am so guilty of this. I spend so much time on here and other platforms just mindlessly consuming and participating in discussions about software engineering, new technology, best practices, etc.. So much so that I basically barely program anymore (except for my job where none of this information is important for irrelevant and complex reasons). I have ideas and projects I want to work on, but I think my brain has be rewired over my life to the point that I get the sense of reward of finishing something by actually just procrastinating/reading and not working towards whatever goal. It's like information sugar -- sugars are easiest for the body to convert into energy. The body likes sugar because it can get "what it wants" while expending the least amount of effort. My brain has apparently has implemented the same logic when it comes personal projects.

bombela 3y ago
This resonates a bit too much with me.
kelvinjps10 3y ago
Man you wake me up,I have doing the same these day, I'm gonna start working on my projects agaun.
Scarlxd 3y ago
This resonates with me to a great extent.
ChainOfFools 3y ago
I believe this is a very old problem, which resurfaces in different forms depending on the individual and the context in which they function. I'm weakly certain that CS Lewis even devoted one of his screwtape letters to exactly this problem, but couched in the context of taking action versus writing about taking action. But since I can't find the money quote right now, and I'm not entirely sure that it was in the screwtape letters rather than some other Lewis book, here's one that addresses an oblique facet of the same paradox: "the more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel"

bombela 3y ago

This resonates a bit too much with me.

kelvinjps10 3y ago

Man you wake me up,I have doing the same these day, I'm gonna start working on my projects agaun.

Scarlxd 3y ago

This resonates with me to a great extent.

ChainOfFools 3y ago

I believe this is a very old problem, which resurfaces in different forms depending on the individual and the context in which they function. I'm weakly certain that CS Lewis even devoted one of his screwtape letters to exactly this problem, but couched in the context of taking action versus writing about taking action. But since I can't find the money quote right now, and I'm not entirely sure that it was in the screwtape letters rather than some other Lewis book, here's one that addresses an oblique facet of the same paradox: "the more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel"