> Great story. It is interesting how being stranded in some place with a computer and some skills always results in the most fantastic projects.

TLDR: IME, solitude is required for clear thinking.

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Long ago, I used to drive 600km (one-way) twice a month . Kept it up for 4 years or so. As I drive with the radio off, I had much time alone with my thoughts.

Now, I wonder if always reading is having a negative effect: we're constantly bombarded with content all the time, and even though I never doomscroll (no tiktok account, no FB account, no instagram, etc), I think sometimes that enforced solitude might do wonders for my problem-solving.

I wonder how people who are on all those social networks ever find time to just ruminate.

Very true. Had a somewhat similar experience while being offline in trains for some hours at a time.