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I prefer most of the "then" comics.

After a few years, the members of REM all changed instruments. This was because they thought they sounded too "polished", and wanted to get back to the sound they had when they were still struggling to master their instruments.

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I wonder if you could make a similar case for hacking - switch tools every few years to recapture some magic earlier perspective on your work? Or just to avoid a rut? Is sounding too polished the equivalent of thinking everything's a nail?

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