> It's really easy to become hyper-critical and respond to every idea with "yeah but that won't work because of x". This is lazy, don't do it. I've a close fri

> It's really easy to become hyper-critical and respond to every idea with "yeah but that won't work because of x". This is lazy, don't do it. I've a close friend who does this -- I wouldn't even call it being 'hyper-critical'; I call it snark. It's a really negative personality trait and one I take pains to avoid. As Sam Altman said in his How To Start A Startup lectures: usually the best ideas are a little bit weird.