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What is a Flexible Container? A methodology for finishing creative work tailored to your real life
The Flexible Container A methodology for finishing creative work built to fit to your real life Hofstadter vs Parkinson I’d like to introduce you to two fake laws of nature. Hofstadter’s Law (not a law!) was invented as a joke by the writer Douglas Hofstadter. It states that everything always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law. That means, whatever you’re setting out to do, imagine you make a best-case and worst-case estimate for how long it’ll take. Take into account Hofstadter’s Law, and you’ll see that your worst case isn’t even close. But then the actual time it takes is even longer than the “Worst Case Taking Into Account Hofstadter’s Law.” If you’ve…