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Would you be willing to finish a project or creation instantly, in exchange for losing any experience or materials you'd otherwise have doing it the long way? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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If it's a book, you have the manuscript but no research, notes, or prior revisions. If it's a program, you have the compiled binary but no source code or anything you would've learned writing it. Etc.

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[โ€“] [S] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Good question. I was thinking that the final result would magically be equivalent to whatever you'd actually be able to make yourself, as though you went back in time and handed your past self the finished product.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 9 months ago

    In that case, the finished product would be of pretty mediocre quality, in my case. That's because most of my projects are things that I actively want to learn, and I tend to be overambitious when setting aims. Despite this though, even when I completely botch it up, I struggle to think of a time where I have regret my endeavour. I like the learning

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