thoughts
Better tools are not the bottleneck to creating great work. A person focusing on one thing the antiquated way - pen and paper or whatever - will beat the tool optimizers any day. A new piece of technology isn’t going to magically hone your craft. The work to hone your craft feels hard because it’s supposed to be hard.
even if you make something truly great, it will still take many years before society catches up and figures it out
when everything is hyper-optimized, go raw
A less sterile way to say all this is this.
Today, put away your phone for an extended period of time and pick up a long history book.
Instead of screaming at someone who disagrees with you on Twitter, gift them a book.
Try to be less wrong instead of more... See more
crazy about ideas. serious about people.
(inspired by Tony’s Chocolonely)
Technology changes fast, people change slow
AI favors experts. The more expertise you have, the better you can wield AI as a tool.
you can always try to be more cheerful and charming to everyone around you
from Martina Navratilova
"Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people."