This is tricky. In the post I mentioned “playing”, where you do stuff without caring about any goal, and most play doesn’t lead to anything interesting. But it’s amazing how many of humanity’s advances were made in this non-goal-directed, playing mode. This is mentioned for example in Feynman’s book, the bit about the wobbling plate.
This is tricky. In the post I mentioned “playing”, where you do stuff without caring about any goal, and most play doesn’t lead to anything interesting. But it’s amazing how many of humanity’s advances were made in this non-goal-directed, playing mode. This is mentioned for example in Feynman’s book, the bit about the wobbling plate.