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← Working under a constraint one resents, rather than none at all, produces more creative results.

17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 6 Nov 2015 to 18 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under design design Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under management management Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under AI and human skill AI and human skill Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Working under a constraint one resents, rather than none at all, produces more creative results. Working under a constraint one resents,rather than none at all, produces morecreative results. Last stated 3 months ago 11 Aug 2026 HK Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can be creative within any set of constraints, so long as you understand what they are and get excited about them rather than resent them. — tap to centre the map on it You can be creative within any setof constraints, so long as youunderstand what they are and getexcited about them rather thanresent them. Last stated 3 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Constraints driving the design process is something to avoid, especially now. — tap to centre the map on it Constraints driving the designprocess is something to avoid,especially now. Last stated 6 months ago 12 May 2026 KB Katarina Batina — holds since 2026-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Total freedom does not make you happy; constraints do. — tap to centre the map on it Total freedom does not make youhappy; constraints do. Last stated 2 years ago 20 Aug 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-08-08 — tap for who they are PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2024-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: You want to force yourself not to delegate all of your thinking to the tool, and to use it in a way that expands ideas and magnifies curiosity. — tap to centre the map on it You want to force yourself not todelegate all of your thinking to thetool, and to use it in a way thatexpands ideas and magnifiescuriosity. Last stated 4 months ago 21 Jul 2026 PS Pablo Stanley — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Delightful moments in a design cannot be forced; a designer can put themselves in a state where they are open to them. — tap to centre the map on it Delightful moments in a designcannot be forced; a designer can putthemselves in a state where they areopen to them. Last stated 6 months ago 5 May 2026 RC Rafa Conde — holds since 2026-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Constraints force a team to choose a dimension in which to be world-class; embrace constraints, but not bottlenecks. — tap to centre the map on it Constraints force a team to choose adimension in which to beworld-class; embrace constraints,but not bottlenecks. Last stated 2 months ago 10 Sept 2026 GC Geoff Charles — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The struggle of making something is not an obstacle in front of the work; it is where the meaning comes from. — tap to centre the map on it The struggle of making something isnot an obstacle in front of thework; it is where the meaning comesfrom. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Aug 2023 NC Nick Cave — holds since 2023-08-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Solving a problem yourself, without searching or prompting, is a form of exercise -- the help makes you weaker. — tap to centre the map on it Solving a problem yourself, withoutsearching or prompting, is a form ofexercise -- the help makes youweaker. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it "Lots of anonymous people worked itout by trial and error" is never thereal story of an invention: oncloser investigation, identifiablepeople always turn out to beresponsible. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Oct 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it A business can have market fit, realadvantages, and sustained effortbehind a hard product and still failif it doesn't give customers astrong enough reason to switch fromwhat they already use. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 JJ Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it A capability existing is not thesame as a capability being absorbed:how fast a technology changes theworld is not set by how fast thetechnology improves. Last stated 4 months ago 21 Jul 2026 RT Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what isalready known cannot produce genuinesurprises, because a known thingstops being a surprise. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it A too-faithful remake of an existingwork squanders creative effort thatcould have made something new. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it A minor bust in the AI industrywould be a good thing, not a badone. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 RS Robin Sloan — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement. — tap to centre the map on it AI capability progress in a givenskill tends to arrive as a suddenphase change rather than as steadyimprovement. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 JC Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI progress comes from a simple, systematic way of improving models, not from researchers suddenly getting smarter. — tap to centre the map on it AI progress comes from a simple,systematic way of improving models,not from researchers suddenlygetting smarter. Last stated a year ago 16 Jun 2025 JK Jared Kaplan — holds since 2025-06-16 — tap for who they are
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