Do you even know what you’re good at? Do you even know what you believe about the world? These questions, if earnestly asked and regularly considered, act like a kind of mnemonic device in our hyper memetic world. Mental floss. Last week, as I watched the clip and self-reflected, I felt a little calmer. I thought about my life and my work. I... See more

Consider the recent flood of AI-generated content across our social platforms, from evocative, shockingly constructed homes to cozy-maxxed cabin interiors and totally invented species of cuddly animal (really, an entire genre of baby lambs and pigs and puppies slightly tweaked into surreally adorable creatures). Dumb, worthless stuff. Sticky stuff... See more

Find something important only you can build, he said, which would not exist without you. It’s inspiring enough advice on its face, which is how it’s generally taken, and how I always took it myself. But the advice requires an important, rarely considered step: introspection.

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