Criticism feels intellectually productive, but as a main business its leverage ceiling is low
signulll · x · 2026-09-29
Signull argues that being a critic on X often feels intellectually productive because spotting what's wrong is faster than building what's right—but this is an elegant trap. Criticism is useful as a tool inside making, yet as a primary business its leverage ceiling is far lower; outsized upside requires being a maker, which is much harder.
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