> The first symptom of stagnation is preference.
Love this one!
[EDIT]: I probably didn't understand it the same way. I read it as "don't have favourites, be open to new stuff"
Love this one!
[EDIT]: I probably didn't understand it the same way. I read it as "don't have favourites, be open to new stuff"
Discrimination, when not applied to people, is a good thing. If you have spent years learning some discipline, and you have developed no preferences, you are not "avoiding stagnation", you are indecisive to the point of paralysis.
Challenge them occasionally, sure, but failure to develop preferences is a massive judgment failure.
For what it's worth, this is the first one in that list that I looked at and decided was garbage... I kept scanning for another few and saw little reason to change my mind, as it was not an exception. Pretty landscapes notwithstanding, this entire list was quite sophomoric... it seems to me the criteria for inclusion was sounding wise rather than being wise.
Having a preference means that you know all available options well, not that you think there are no better alternatives.
With tools, languages and frameworks evolving so rapidly these days, it's impossible to know all of your options well.
But the proverb in the form given is dumb.
STAGNATION!