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I've noticed that ever since I've started reading HN (which I think is fairly intellectually stimulating for me), the rate at which I independently think up new
by fiatpandas 14y ago
I've noticed that ever since I've started reading HN (which I think is fairly intellectually stimulating for me), the rate at which I independently think up new ideas for projects has greatly reduced. I don't know if they are actually correlated. Maybe reading a site like this and reading about other people achieving and inventing things lubricates that part of my brain that gives me satisfaction for making things myself.
Or that I now have so many ideas from others whirring around in my head, that it is difficult to separate my own personal desires from the experiences and projects I read about in blogs and discussions, so I emerge without really knowing any of my own dreams and dispositions.
- scarecrowbob 14y agoMaybe unrelated, but as my awareness of what other folks have made musically has increased, my desire to write and create new compositions has decreased... I suspect because I'm aware that a lot of the things I would like to see created have already been created. However, this hasn't stemmed my desire to get better at making music... quite the opposite... but I have been a lot more systematic in my practicing and a lot more willing to be confident that performing work other people have performed is a legitimate practice. I have felt similarly in my own programming practice: most every thing that I really need to do has functionally been done in other contexts, and my task is to figure out the best ways to bring those previous works to bear on my own context... so I feel less "creative" but more effective.
- louhike 14y agoI think it's because you gained criticism on your work by being aware of what are doing others. It can be considered as an improvment.
- fudged71 14y agoVicarious creativity. That's an interesting thought. I'm satisfied that you came up with it! :)