recently read a post on a moms' forum about her having a hard time getting her kid to practice violin and the skill plateauing.

the breakthrough was a trip to a relative's remote house with no screens / internet. Kid found violin better than other things to do. More Hours led to improvement. That fed on itself and kid spent more time with the violin and improved much faster.

The busier our lifestyle, the more cheap, meaningless pursuits we engage ourselves in, it all chips away at out natural ability to focus on one thing for long term and we're left with a recursive livelock of infinite choices laden with hidden opportunity costs.

how can humans from 1500 with everything stacked against them have better art sense and science insight than humans in 2026 ?