aiming for resonance
Resonance is radically non-instrumental, Rosa stresses, so it cannot be used to maximize an outcome. It has no goal. Unlike harmony, it allows space for dissonance. In fact, resonance requires a certain friction. Paradoxically, when two people entirely agree on a point, when their experiences are fully congruent, or when an idea doesn’t encounter a... See more
🏡 I Don’t Resonate With You
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friction causes fire. echo chambers don’t (can’t) beget resonance.
I believe “what effect do you want to have on people” is one of the most important questions we should ask when we are making something. Life isn't just a series of problems to be solved but experiences to be had.
the startupy newsletter • Things I'm Thinking About
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The thing about resonance? It’s unpredictable. A highly anticipated Broadway musical, written by a star composer, can sputter at the box office and become the flop of the season. An obscure single from an unknown artist can top the Billboard chart out of nowhere. A Czech writer who has been dead a century can become the hero of generation TikTok. W... See more
🏡 I Don’t Resonate With You
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"The new creative mindset, I think for me, just meant looking more inward and being like, what do I actually want to make?" We had the pleasure of sitting down with @alisoneroman to discuss her journey from First Book to First Bloom at VISIONS Summit: NYC.
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You can’t try to resonate. Ultimately, resonance is beyond us. Like happiness, it can’t be a goal.
🏡 I Don’t Resonate With You
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hmm. i think it can be a goal, but it’s not one you go about directly. it’s one you go about by creating something that speaks to /you/ and in doing so, finds its people.
I understand the argument for shipping early and often. But I also believe that we should aspire to build lovable products, not viable products. And lovable products take time to build and polish.
the startupy newsletter • Things I'm Thinking About
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Have fun — There’s a version of this work that’s hyper-analytical where we try to Moneyball our way to success. There’s another version where we’re living it, enjoying it, and having fun with it. Our best work comes when we’re having fun and enjoying what we’re doing, not when we’re overly analytical. Analytical thinking creates fear and uncertain
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Quantitative indicators — faulty proxies for qualitative truths — are our primary measure of success, and considerations of life beyond our own have, until now, been largely absent from our day-to-day decision making. What magic might unfold if we just adjust our aperture? And what’s at risk if we don’t?
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
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Every release is a chance to find the people who connect with our ideas, and for us to better express the essence of what our project is about.
Yancey Strickler • When Your Purpose Is 1-of-1
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maybe that’s part of the problem, trying to be legible to everyone. The tug of war of wanting to water things down for mass adoption versus building something I want for myself and trusting the others will come.
sari azout • Making Sublime
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