I think this is way too strong. There are only so many hours in a day, and they trade off between
(A) “try to understand the work / ideas of previous thinkers” and
(B) “just sit down and try to figure out the right answer”.
It’s nuts to assert that the “correct” tradeoff is to do (A) until there is absolutely no (A) left to possibly do, and only then do you earn the right to start in on (B).
You need to remember that C,do nothing, don’t have an opinion, is an option. Nobody is forcing you to think about these things. If you don’t have enough time for due diligence, then you don’t have to do B as the only alternative.
That weaker statement is certainly true in some cases. And the opposite is true in other cases.
You need to remember that C,do nothing, don’t have an opinion, is an option. Nobody is forcing you to think about these things. If you don’t have enough time for due diligence, then you don’t have to do B as the only alternative.
I can’t think of a single example of too much A.
Ahem!