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Creative work is a long game, and you’re probably not going to do your best work until your 30s or 40s.
Our society is addicted to the tales of the 22-year-old pop star, the 19-year-old actress, the 24-year-old novelist. There are like six of these people, and a good deal of them are industry plants with powerful connections. Most people with a sh
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don't worry about being known for it, worry about being good at it -- that's so freeing, damn
If an artistic life speaks to you, that’s great, but know that you’re probably not very good at it yet. ( And that’s okay.)
But Catherine, what if I’m a genius? Then be one. But you can also spend your 20s exploring things, trying stuff out, figuring out your talents, and discerning your vocation. You probably aren’t that interesting yet (sorry),
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But the value wasn’t in the essay. What’s valuable is the effort you had to put in to produce the essay. Now, what AI essays do is they shortcut from the request to the delivery of the finished good and bypass the very part of the journey which is actually valuable—the time and effort you invest in constructing the essay in the first place.
Rory Sutherland • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
AI removes the value out of making things - value comes from the journey, from putting the effort in and putting the pieces together. The finished product isn’t always what is valuable