Indy Neogy

I believe that our creativity grows like sidewalk weeds out of the cracks between our pathologies—not from the pathologies themselves. But so many people think it’s the other way around. For this reason, you will often meet artists who deliberately cling to their suffering, their addictions, their fears, their demons. They worry that if they ever

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Dragonfly Thinking

Our best chance of understanding complex issues lies in seeing them through “dragonfly eyes,” as political scientist and psychologist Philip Tetlock shows in his work on forecasting. Dragonflies have compound eyes made up of thousands of lenses and they integrate the views from these lenses to give them a range of vision of... See more

But the bigger loss of human agency comes from the billions of people that use these apps. These deep learning AIs are designed to maximize the time we all spend on these apps. While you are reading this memo, you are probably jonesing to switch over to Instagram or TikTok. It turns out when an app company doesn't care about content and asks an AI... See more

The model was helpful—but only to an extent. They found that while AI improved the output of less creative writers, it made little difference to the quality of the stories produced by writers who were already creative.

The role of a CEO involves a broad spectrum of emotional labor, from maintaining personal composure to managing the emotional climate of an entire organization. This labor is intensified by the rising expectations for CEO activism and authenticity, coupled with the relentless crises they must navigate. However, with emotional intelligence, and a... See more

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Old models frame change as something that happens to us, when in reality we are always in conversation with change: navigating life's inevitable flux, and walking the path of personal excellence, requires equal parts ruggedness and flexibility.

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"To be rugged is to be tough, determined, and durable. To be... See more

Now I accept that this is going to happen, and when it does, I acknowledge it and then look for something else to get absorbed in, something new to learn. I seek out my support network and try to let it all go.