innate ability is overhyped, it's all literally just grind
@mary “but you’re so talented think of what you could do if you applied yourself”
@mary ability to get yourself to grind a certain thing, probably because you kind of enjoy it? is a lot of what Talent is I think
@halcy @mary its fucked that you can basically trivially change how much grinding you're capable of doing by manipulating the amount of dopamine in your brain

@mary Such an important lesson that bears repeating.

It really is all about putting in the work and powering through to the end.

@mary I really enjoy reading articles about creative process like these.

"During every big project, I experience what I call “The Desert.” It’s when I questions [sic] everything about my project, my abilities, and my career path. It’s when I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. Everything feels broken. And it doesn’t feel good."

https://bigcharts.substack.com/p/behind-the-scene-this-is-a-teenager

This is from the guy who made https://pudding.cool/2024/03/teenagers/

(Apologies for the Substack link!)

Behind the scene: This is a teenager

Keeping a daily diary of a big interactive data project

Big Charts
@mary The real innate ability is actually being able to like what you want to get good at 😔