Authenticity
What does it mean for something to be 'authentic'?
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Authenticity
When scientific progress destabilized religious authority and the lack of meaning found in a pure rational worldview revealed science’s limitations, movements like Theosophy offered a kind of third way, a path toward understanding the world between science and religion. Theosophy was in conversation with both realms, using tools like magical
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A big breakthrough for me – life as a whole – came when I figured out that making solid progress on creative work, and enjoying the process rather than hating it, is in large part a matter of being willing to be who you actually are.
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
— Albert Camus
— Albert Camus
Dylano | Essayful • Tweet
You never called Eight Sleep a mattress company. Instead, you pioneered a new category of ‘sleep fitness’ by positioning it as a ‘sleep fitness brand.’ Tell me about the decision-making and strategy behind this.
ZATARAIN: We were not intentional about our positioning for the first five years of the company because we didn't even know what brand... See more
ZATARAIN: We were not intentional about our positioning for the first five years of the company because we didn't even know what brand... See more
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make decisions using our own creative values, not “industry standards.” We design our work and worlds from our best intentions, not our worst fears.
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