The Work Is and Always will be Infinite
Every once in a while, I start a new project and after going through weeks of revisions I find that not only am I displeased with the final result, but actually I am just starting to see the essence of what the idea even is! At the same time, I’ll have some kind of weekly freak out that soon I will lose my job to AI.
Any idea I work on could easily go on for months or even years if I wanted it to. There are so many variations, artistic styles, or details to explore. The work is actually the process in which the idea becomes apparent and reveals itself fully to you. And when we publish the work pre-maturely - it’s not necessarily a bad thing to do - it is just that the idea will always have a permanent blurriness to it as a product. Permanently marked and felt as something half baked.
Even after we get to the core of what the idea is, the refinement stage after that can take even longer and there are many phases within that too. It just seems endless.
Then, even when we finally feel like we’re done the work for a moment, we actually then stumble upon the gigantic vision for what the project even means and how it could change society and how we live as we know it - assuming one would continue working on it in the particular direction it represents. After reaching the fully formed, refined version of the idea, we actually stumble upon the great vision, the true ambition, and perhaps futuristic empire it was representing all along. Imagine creating a new industry or genre, not just a different kind of product.
This whole experience has got me thinking lately that even with 100 AI agents working for me - I would still not be satisfied with the final product and always feel there is plenty of work left to do. When I really think about it: in my life, I have never not had work to do. I have never actually finished a project to my liking. I have always had to compromise in the interest of time and other constraints. There is so much to build, so many ideas to explore, and qualities like greatness or originality have never been easily obtained - even with an entire AI army. So what’s with all the worry?
Written like a true innovator with imposter syndrome. :) If there are more inventors and leaders with a knowing of all that they don't know, the world will be alright.