Don't Protect Your Ideas

“The point is that, whenever we propose a solution to a problem, we ought to try as hard as we can to overthrow our solution, rather than defend it. Few of us, unfortunately, practice this precept; but other people, fortunately, will supply the criticism for us if we fail to supply it ourselves.”
― Karl Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery

I am adding a follow-up question to:

What problems did you solve, preempt, and set in motion - and what did you do to expose your proposed solutions to criticism?

What did I do to expose my ideas to criticism is a question I want to be asking myself often. I don't want to be attached to ideas because I came up with them. I want the truest ideas even if it costs my identity. Putting forward solutions is not the goal. Presenting the best solution and being able to explain why it is so is the goal.

See also: Become More Demanding