David Pennington

the follow-up questions are:

• WHAT are my creative superpowers??


• WHO am I meant to serve?


• HOW do I give extraordinary value to them?


• WHAT is my philosophy/ethos/vision?

But there is one big reason why a lot of men don’t think they should create—they think their turn to be creative has passed. It was taken by their ancestors, and they misused the privilege. Now they must, in the names of their fathers, be silent.

Said differently, we try to measure what we value.

But we inevitably end up valuing what we measure.

When you reduce yourself to a product, you sacrifice the very essence of what makes you unique. Your quirks, your weirdness, your vulnerabilities, your authentic self-these are the things that resonate with others, not a polished, palatable persona. The impactful creators understand this.

I’d be even more aware from now on! I’d remember that machine learning has been defined by the people who want me to believe it works the way they say it does. But an algorithm can’t really observe anything. So it can’t really measure my behavior, and so it can’t really discover anything for me, or about me!

Our strength should not be measured by our ability to push away our tech, but by our ability to hold and live with tech in peace.

In a world that glorifies individual success, we easily forget that our greatest power lies in our ability to come together.