The best way to chill discretionary effort instantly: give harsh notes on a thing someone did for fun.

You think you're making it better by giving them a strong signal to improve it.

But you're actually snuffing out the generative function that would generate not just it but other things in the future.

And it's just, like, your opinion, man.

What if your opinion is wrong?

They did it of their own volition.

What right of yours is it to tell them no?