Abhishek Damania

When you experience something novel it enriches and enlarges the existing boundaries of your world. By association, no branch becomes out of reach.

You’re not “high iq”, your obsessive introspection is stopping you from being authentic and crippling you with a false sense of superiority that you’re too important to enjoy the small things in life, too esoteric for the smallfolk to understand, too proud to be happy, and in the end you win the prize of misery and loneliness—lonely not because... See more

I think the most interesting creative tools going forward won’t try to be everything. They’ll choose a lane, express a point of view, and build an experience around it. In this world, the tool becomes a collaborator with strong opinions about what good work looks like. You don’t choose tools purely for functionality. You choose them like you’d... See more

But I think it speaks to something much deeper. There has been a deep hollowing out of soul in technology. And I think the reason this conversation has resonated so deeply, is because it gives them a type of permission to be soulful again with their work RIGHT WHEN ai is creating an anxiety of what the individual brings into their work process.

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When I was younger, I used to think that committing to something would feel oppressive, limiting, restrictive. But I now realize that the opposite is true — that commitment is freeing. It lets you focus . It collapses the need for you to continue considering options endlessly and instead grounds you to where you are, and helps you enjoy the rewards... See more

what's still exciting: where tokens don't go — exceptional design, complex algorithms, and proof of humanity

The algorithm isn’t biased—it’s obedient.

The mind likes what it can currently understand and control. If what you are presented with is something that will radically transform you ability to show up as you currently have been with the same degree of focus, attention and devotion — it will likely push you away from it.