The good, the bad, and the sluggy
Aug. 11th, 2013 04:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anansi133I just heard myself say, " That's not the stupidest idea you've had all day. It's probably in the top six or so, though."
And then I was suddenly certain that if more people could have six bad ideas in a day, we'd all be better off.
Having a quick mind means ideas come fast and furious... and to get overly attached to any of them is dangerous.
Suddenly I think I understand the stubbornness of the slower-minded. Ideas *don't* come so fast to them, and so they're much more protective of the ones they do have.
In a strange sort of paradox, I think faster-minded people find ourselves at a curious disadvantage against slower folk. We're accustomed to having bad idea mixed in with the good ones, we're not so sure we can tell them apart, so we don't defend them as vigorously as our slower counterparts. They often win not because their ideas are any better, but they're just more stubborn about them. Quicker-minded people are also quicker to give up, to move on, to have more ideas somewhere else.
It's hard to imagine what it would take for the quicker minds to slow down, to go ahead and compete with the rest of them on the merits of the idea rather than the social order. I mean, after a long enough time goes by, there are no more marbles, and no place to take them.
And then I was suddenly certain that if more people could have six bad ideas in a day, we'd all be better off.
Having a quick mind means ideas come fast and furious... and to get overly attached to any of them is dangerous.
Suddenly I think I understand the stubbornness of the slower-minded. Ideas *don't* come so fast to them, and so they're much more protective of the ones they do have.
In a strange sort of paradox, I think faster-minded people find ourselves at a curious disadvantage against slower folk. We're accustomed to having bad idea mixed in with the good ones, we're not so sure we can tell them apart, so we don't defend them as vigorously as our slower counterparts. They often win not because their ideas are any better, but they're just more stubborn about them. Quicker-minded people are also quicker to give up, to move on, to have more ideas somewhere else.
It's hard to imagine what it would take for the quicker minds to slow down, to go ahead and compete with the rest of them on the merits of the idea rather than the social order. I mean, after a long enough time goes by, there are no more marbles, and no place to take them.
