Joe Stampone

Japanese saying on the art of thoughtful elimination:

“Your garden is not complete until there is nothing else you can take out of it.”

2.     Fuck, this is good, on why we want robots at work but humans in art, via Chris Paik. Tl;dr: in the economy of necessity, humans are friction. In the economy of meaning, they’re the point.

We hate other people when latency becomes intolerable. As soon as a task is about speed, other humans feel like an irritating inconvenience. The Uber

People can love you, people can provide advice, guidance, and support, but in the end, it's all on you. No one can act on your behalf. No one will change your mindsets. No one will fix your problems. No one will hand you the things you want in life.

It's just you. It's all on you. There's a power in that.

Occam's Razor says that the simplest explanation is often the best one—that simple is beautiful.

What is wonderful about The Great Differentiation, though, what gives me hope, is that people seem to be copying the desire to differentiate.

Instead of faking the form, they are emulating the essence: create something unique and true to you, something that only you have earned. Something different.

This is good advice for all of us.

Differentiate.

AI prompts:

"You are an expert in [specific topic]. I need content that [specific goal] for an audience of [specific description].

The three main points should be [point 1], [point 2], and [point 3]. Make it sound like [reference example or style]."

"Distance and time are the two wedges that separate relationships.

When it really matters, get in the car (or on the plane) and meet them face-to-face.

When you want it to last, don't wait to talk about it. Solve it now before the gap becomes too wide."