Productivity for Precious Snowflakes
We’ve been told for years now that what our parents and kindergarten teachers told us is not, in fact, true — we are not each and every one of us special unique snowflakes destined for greatness. I…
Highlights Tour This post is part of the highlights tour, a series of historically significant ribbonfarm posts We’ve been told for years now that what our parents and kindergarten teachers told us is not, in fact, true — we are not each and every one of us special unique snowflakes destined for greatness. In this essay I want to offer a new theory of productivity for those of us who, despite all the evidence to the contrary , still believe there is something valuable about our particular point of view. I will argue that the fundamental driver of creative work today is not values, goals, or pr
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