Consuming vs creating is an important dichotomy, and often wanting to “fast-forward” manifests as switching to consuming, though there are important distinctions that I notice.
There’s something about wanting an process that’s automatic to follow through on, one that’s comfortable and familiar. Often I have a strong urge to juggle, which I think has to do with juggling taking just enough focus that I “no longer have to think”.
Writing that last line made me think of similarities to flow, but wanting to “fast-forward” seems to be something different from merely desiring more flow.
Here’s another idea that I stole from Bertrand Russell. What if the pain is caused not just by any thinking, but by thinking about yourself? If you’re mostly interested in external things, you’ll be mostly happy, no matter how much time and effort you spend thinking. But if your thoughts have a habit of circling back on yourself and how you could be better, you’ll be miserable and look for escape paths, like the internet (which forcefully pulls your thoughts away from yourself and thus makes you happier for awhile).
Consuming vs creating is an important dichotomy, and often wanting to “fast-forward” manifests as switching to consuming, though there are important distinctions that I notice.
There’s something about wanting an process that’s automatic to follow through on, one that’s comfortable and familiar. Often I have a strong urge to juggle, which I think has to do with juggling taking just enough focus that I “no longer have to think”.
Writing that last line made me think of similarities to flow, but wanting to “fast-forward” seems to be something different from merely desiring more flow.
Here’s another idea that I stole from Bertrand Russell. What if the pain is caused not just by any thinking, but by thinking about yourself? If you’re mostly interested in external things, you’ll be mostly happy, no matter how much time and effort you spend thinking. But if your thoughts have a habit of circling back on yourself and how you could be better, you’ll be miserable and look for escape paths, like the internet (which forcefully pulls your thoughts away from yourself and thus makes you happier for awhile).