An essay in which my friend feels stuck and I suggest relaxing some constraints
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The short version is that my friend, in my opinion, thinks about what he wants in a too constrained way.
This is an extended version of a note I published last week. It can, if you want more nuance, be read as a part of this series: “Everything that turned out well in my life followed the same design process” “Becoming perceptive” “Rationality is an underrated way to be authentic” I’ve been talking with a friend who is an artist—and a talented one—but who has not had much success. A thing I notice is that he thinks about what he is doing in a slightly different way than I do. I can’t make him adopt my perspective, and I’m not sure that would help, but I suspect so. Maybe what I said to him…
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