A few weeks ago my friend Chris sent me an e-mail containing a link to this discussion. It is a condition that I share with many other people in the world and not just a conversation starter. And I say “condition” because I don’t think it can be exclusively hindering to a person or the society if handled properly.
First things first, what is “idea overflow”? Interestingly enough there is no entry about it on wikipedia so the following definition is my own. “Idea overflow” is a condition where a person keeps having a constant stream of ideas – new or old ones – on his mind without being able to finish or develop any of them – fast enough or even at all – and thus becomes unable to contain that stream of ideas to a bearable limit. And if the definition didn’t help you enough let’s just say that “idea overflow” is what made me pause twice while typing this, so I could create a couple of drafts that hopefully will later become future blog articles and what is now making me consider whether I should implement a voting system where readers would vote on the next draft that want completed.
Taking myself as an example you can see Read more …