Jason
- In design, AI inspires me no more than elevator music or a business presentation. However, it often shows me what I do not want. When I ask Chat-GPT how I could better phrase something, I almost always get the most uninteresting, boring, often meaningless answer. As an author that writes to say something meaningful, get upset about this, and in res... See more
from AI and the Beauty of Human Flaws by Oliver Reichenstein
Anyhow, the older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I’m far more moved by authenticity. Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet resonance that never fails to stir me.
from Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Victories attained by right thought can only be maintained by watchfulness. Many give way when success is assured, and rapidly fall back into failure.
from Amazon Sign In
Reminds me of how we often slow down before we reach the finish line in anticipation of finishing, and in doing so, finish short or make a mistake. “Don’t stop when you’re tired, stop after you’ve finished”
- Aimlessness is a vice, and such drifting must not continue for him who would steer clear of catastrophe and destruction.
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“People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being,” said the old man, with a certain bitterness. “Maybe that’s why they give up on it so early, too. But that’s the way it is.” - The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
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- Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create. Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.
- As an operator, doing nothing is never the right strategy. As an investor, doing nothing is often the right strategy.
- “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” ~ Anne Lamott
from TWN / Issue 13: A Case for Sovereignty
- As John Lasseter likes to say, ‘our films don’t get finished, they just get released.’” – Pete Docter, Pixar (source)
from TWN Issue 15: Embracing a "Fractal Bud" in Knowledge
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