Abhishek Damania

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.

Our taste is that which confirms our identity. We pull from the timeline of culture, to reinforce to ourselves the effect we want to have on ourselves.

“Make art, and while everyone is deciding what they think of it, make more art.” — Andy Warhol

Resistance to anything – emotions, needs, hobbies, curiosities, feelings, impulses – prevents our mind from learning about their consequences. So we do the things we think we should be doing. This thing, whatever it is, takes a path of resistance with immense friction (and not the kind that shows us our edges).

In a world of scarcity, we treasure tools. In a world of abundance, we treasure taste.

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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