+1 just for the advice—I also do this, and it’s the only way to get the right kind of insight to actually solve the problem. You want to climb what looks like an impossibly steep mountain, so you start by mapping the territory around the mountain—discovering where others have already been to, and potential ways up that don’t work. Eventually you may well discover there’s an EASY way up the mountain, or at least a practical one.
+1 just for the advice—I also do this, and it’s the only way to get the right kind of insight to actually solve the problem. You want to climb what looks like an impossibly steep mountain, so you start by mapping the territory around the mountain—discovering where others have already been to, and potential ways up that don’t work. Eventually you may well discover there’s an EASY way up the mountain, or at least a practical one.