The Epidemic of Wasted Talent
You couldn’t replace him with another birdwatcher. The tour wouldn’t be the same. His specific combination of knowledge, enthusiasm, and humanity made him irreplaceable.
The Epidemic of Wasted Talent
finding something that is inseparable from me, that only i could do so well
I spent a year as a creative director doing exactly this. Good salary. Decent title. Work that needed doing. But nothing that required me specifically. Nothing that used the particular way I see the world
The Epidemic of Wasted Talent
work and meaning
Every day you show up to be replaceable is a day the world misses out on what only you could build.
The Epidemic of Wasted Talent
The salary is compensation for wasting your existence.
The Epidemic of Wasted Talent
We’re components. Interchangeable parts in a machine that doesn’t need us specifically, just someone with the right qualifications.
The Epidemic of Wasted Talent
You’re a set of DNA that’s never existed before in human history and will never exist again