<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Public comments and thoughtful responses are forms... > Public comments and thoughtful responses are forms of developmental labor. They test whether an idea is intelligible, reveal where the audience resists or misunderstands it, and give the creator evidence that real people can use the work. Feedback becomes valuable when it improves the next version instead of merely rewarding the current one. **Source:** [[livestreams/Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity - Workbook|Shared Effort and the Architecture of Opportunity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Public comments and thoughtful responses are forms of developmental labor. They test whether an idea is intelligible, reveal where the audience resists or misunderstands it, and give the creator evidence that real people can use the work. Feedback becomes valuable when it improves the next version instead of merely rewarding the current one.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-public-comments-thoughtful-merely-rewarding-current ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->