The main reason I haven’t been motivated to do much of the sort of thing you’re describing is that it seems to me like there’s an oversupply of people trying to do something impressively interesting and novel,
The post inspired a similar thought in me as well. There’s a reason that people in any complex field have a wariness of anyone coming in thinking that they’ve discovered a new way to do everything better from first principles. And modern culture tends to valorize disruptors and innovators more than people who grind away slowly on incremental improvements to complex systems.
Though I do feel like there are a lot of people out there who don’t consider knowledge based solutions to their problems as much as they should, so maybe its a reverse all advice you hear situation.
The post inspired a similar thought in me as well. There’s a reason that people in any complex field have a wariness of anyone coming in thinking that they’ve discovered a new way to do everything better from first principles. And modern culture tends to valorize disruptors and innovators more than people who grind away slowly on incremental improvements to complex systems.
Though I do feel like there are a lot of people out there who don’t consider knowledge based solutions to their problems as much as they should, so maybe its a reverse all advice you hear situation.