ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agoDoes more knowledge/awareness have a tendency to reduce enthusiasm for some subjects/activities?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down13
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareDoes more knowledge/awareness have a tendency to reduce enthusiasm for some subjects/activities?ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaurlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoThe expression “to learn how the sausage is made” is almost ancient, but not every subject is a sausage factory.
minus-squareALostInquirer@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoIf much of it comes to feel like that, however…What then? 😓
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaurlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoMaybe depression, maybe ADHD? I’m in the latter group and it’s definitely a thing to lose interest in a topic once I’ve delved beyond some critical threshold of complexity.
The expression “to learn how the sausage is made” is almost ancient, but not every subject is a sausage factory.
If much of it comes to feel like that, however…What then? 😓
Maybe depression, maybe ADHD?
I’m in the latter group and it’s definitely a thing to lose interest in a topic once I’ve delved beyond some critical threshold of complexity.