“long horizon” can be people checking the same thing year after year… like demography studies, calibration tracking, or (in my case) re-sampling the same pool of herbarium roots for mycorrhiza counts (it can be found there even after the plant is dried, but nobody knows how much of it is lost.) Do you think that, for example, 10-years-long projects and 12-y-l ones will have different problems? Do you think that people should start long-term projects after their children grow to a certain age?
>Do you think that, for example, 10-years-long projects and 12-y-l ones will have different problems?
I can’t think of projects that would do, but their might be some. Projects that last longer than a life time would have a different problem.
Different project types seem to have different problems. Some might need a large amount of work and resources put in continuously (large scale artwork) they need to secure lots of funding up front. Other sorts of projects, such as programming, might be able to be scaled up or down as fits your life, but the big problem is not stopping all together or making sure you are building something that is actually valuable (to you).
>Do you think that people should start long-term projects after their children grow to a certain age?
Long term projects and kids is something I have been thinking about. The danger in waiting is forgetting about the project when that time comes. You could imagine a social calendar where people celebrate each other’s projects birthdays and people who are waiting for a reason (like kids) can put on when they plan to start their project.
“long horizon” can be people checking the same thing year after year… like demography studies, calibration tracking, or (in my case) re-sampling the same pool of herbarium roots for mycorrhiza counts (it can be found there even after the plant is dried, but nobody knows how much of it is lost.) Do you think that, for example, 10-years-long projects and 12-y-l ones will have different problems? Do you think that people should start long-term projects after their children grow to a certain age?
>Do you think that, for example, 10-years-long projects and 12-y-l ones will have different problems?
I can’t think of projects that would do, but their might be some. Projects that last longer than a life time would have a different problem.
Different project types seem to have different problems. Some might need a large amount of work and resources put in continuously (large scale artwork) they need to secure lots of funding up front. Other sorts of projects, such as programming, might be able to be scaled up or down as fits your life, but the big problem is not stopping all together or making sure you are building something that is actually valuable (to you).
>Do you think that people should start long-term projects after their children grow to a certain age?
Long term projects and kids is something I have been thinking about. The danger in waiting is forgetting about the project when that time comes. You could imagine a social calendar where people celebrate each other’s projects birthdays and people who are waiting for a reason (like kids) can put on when they plan to start their project.