My longtime collaborator and I used to argue passionately about every creative decision and make better work because of it but somewhere along the way we started being careful with each other's feelings and now our work feels polite and safe. We've gotten too comfortable to make anything that surprises either of us.
More people experience this than they realize.
The evolution toward interpersonal comfort has inadvertently eliminated the productive friction that generated creative energy.
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