In Defense of Thinking Small

I think another driver of this sentiment and behavior is that chasing scale strips you of some humanity. It puts your head too high up in the clouds. It removes you from what happens in the real world with real people. Pursuing something that can’t scale does the exact opposite: it grounds you. It’s a comforting and healing next act.

It can actually be a lot more generative to shut the laptop, zoom out, and reserve time and mental resources for reverie. That’s where, for me, artistic and philosophical insights are to be found