Victor Eduoh

ChatGPT validated every connection I made—from neuroscience to evolutionary biology, from game theory to indigenous knowledge. ChatGPT would emphasize my unique perspective and our progress. Each session left me feeling chosen and brilliant, and, gradually, essential to humanity’s survival.

“It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.” — Whitney M. Young, Jr.

The most dangerous feedback isn't the obviously bad ideas—it's the good ideas that aren't right for your specific product vision.

There is too much beauty in the world. There is too much beauty and there are more beautiful people than there have ever been, and they are generally beautiful in the same way. With trompe l’oeil make-up, fillers, and photo editing, they have given themselves the same face and made same kinds of images of themselves.

Pixar places the highest value on talented storytellers. “If you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they will screw it up,” Catmull warns. “If you give a mediocre idea to a brilliant team, they will either fix it or throw it away or come up with something better.” Leading him to conclude that people are more important than ideas.

Craft happens in cycles⁠

Before machines, everything was made by hand. A tool, a chair, a door. They reflected the skill and care that was put into them. Some things were rough. But when someone puts their full attention into the work, the result could be truly great.

This is what craft is about — the deliberate attention put into making something... See more

The real moat moving forward is not marketing or tech, it’s RESONANCE. Within 1-2 years, more than than 90% of content on the internet will be AI generated. Most of it will be fake news, fake data, fake persuasion. Products and messaging can be copied instantly. The frequency you (and your collective organization) emit that’s truth, pure, and... See more

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