I liked Zvi Mowshowitz' summary of this: If someone tells you what's wrong, listen to them. If they tell you how to fix it, ignore them.

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stared 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Your audience is good at recognizing problems and bad at solving them" - Mark Rosewater (Lead Designer of Magic: The Gathering, from his famous "20 Years, 20 Lessons" GDC talk, http://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/twenty-years-t...)

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bognition 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I heard very similar advice from some investors. They said:

> If you ignore what we tell you its possible we'll fire you. However, if you do everything we tell you to do its almost certain that we'll fire you.

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asdfman123 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Very useful way to think about politics. Always remember that people have valid concerns you might not understand... but also that their solutions are probably terrible.

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GMoromisato 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes! Unfortunately, some people with terrible ideas get elected.

	▲	asdfman123 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Oh, every day citizens have terrible ideas too. Sometimes even worse. Sometimes our elected officials who "don't get anything done" are serving as necessary filters for those terrible ideas.

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Der_Einzige 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s exactly the opposite. Most concerns aren’t valid (even if and especially if they think it is) and most ideas for fixing things aren’t even contemplated let alone attempted.

	▲	asdfman123 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What's an example of a concern that you don't think is valid?

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vynase 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s more like you should have 5-10 readers. If they all say the same thing they’re right. If half think the pacing is too slow and half think it’s too fast you are probably spot on.

	▲	marcosdumay 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's more likely that your pacing isn't consistent and is both too fast and too slow.