I think having the confidence to express what you are actually thinking gives a big advantage. Such a person is able to see more. They can think about uncomfortable and inconvenient ideas that most people would instinctively self-censure.
The exact opposite is true. If you commit to yourself to not immediately taking any thought you have and shouting it from the rooftops, this gives you the mental space to think “uncomfortable and inconvenient ideas that most people would instinctively self-censure”. It’s just that once you have these ideas in your thought-space, you have to think more about how to express them than just “put them in my latest song”. Good secrets take a while to express properly.
I agree with your main point that good ideas often take time and reflection. However, I think it is hard to know if a person, such as Kanye, has already done this reflection. Perhaps he has.
The exact opposite is true. If you commit to yourself to not immediately taking any thought you have and shouting it from the rooftops, this gives you the mental space to think “uncomfortable and inconvenient ideas that most people would instinctively self-censure”. It’s just that once you have these ideas in your thought-space, you have to think more about how to express them than just “put them in my latest song”. Good secrets take a while to express properly.
I agree with your main point that good ideas often take time and reflection. However, I think it is hard to know if a person, such as Kanye, has already done this reflection. Perhaps he has.