Should you spend more time creating than consuming?

The balance of hours spent making things versus taking in content.

Axis: Consume to learn before creating ... Create more than you consume

Answers by date: 2 records in 1 source, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2025), never reversed, in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2025-07-08	Ali	To shift the ratio towards creation, Ali proposes "random acts of creation": random projects that are small, fast, bad, stupid and pointless.	The Consumption Trap - How to Finally Lock In 00:12:52
2025-07-08	Ali	Ali's main point: if you are working towards freedom, you should spend more hours a week creating than consuming.	The Consumption Trap - How to Finally Lock In 00:02:15