Leo Guinan
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Leo Guinan
Collapsed states are simpler states, so anyone working towards a simpler state — and anyone telling an intelligible tale is doing precisely that — is working towards a collapse. The failure of a world begins with a failure of the imagination to comprehend increased complexity, and an urge to retreat to greater simplicity.
every story is a degrowth story
Economics of Human Energy and What we value
I don’t think this is necessarily degrowth, it’s compression. This feels like simplicity is a return to understanding of what’s valuable after building on top of it. It’s the flower budding, blooming, wilting, and blooming again. It’s cyclical and growth oriented, because uncapped growth is deadly to the environment and will be rejected.
But you can’t optimize systems in a context that’s changing, especially if it’s changing in unpredictable ways. Removing inefficiencies when circumstances are as anticipated means that there isn’t much slack in the system to respond when the unanticipated happens. Optimization is intrinsically brittle , because it’s about closely matching the
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Optimization of scarce systems is about past measurement. Optimization of abundant systems is about future outcomes.
I buy products based on rational understanding of their benefits and drawbacks.
Fred Kozlowski • Marketing for the Skeptical Engineer
Most anxieties about the future are really about the present.
Jonah Peretti • The Anti-SNARF Manifesto
This is at the core of my beliefs regarding the fear of AGI. It’s a reflected fear of current economic trends
Competition is an outdated concept. Instead of trying to ensure you win, try to help everyone win. There's plenty to go around. Refusing to share is just holding you back.
The new economy isn't zero-sum. It's time to realize that and start approaching things differently.
The new economy isn't zero-sum. It's time to realize that and start approaching things differently.
Leo Guinan • The Build In Public Manifesto
abundance at the core
Bridge energy , therefore, is the capacity to hold the old and new stories simultaneously, then choosing to dance between them in the present moment. Bridge energy is pragmatic, grounded, earthy, gracious. It's a sense of responsibility. When we embody bridge energy, we acknowledge that every breath we take, every action, every word, is a chance to... See more
manifesto energy
This is where we can use nostalgia. Bringing the past into the present, finding the stories that people value and bringing them forward into a new age. The past coming forth into the present in order to unlock a brighter future.
Maybe that's where the new scarcity lies - in the capacity for genuine human experience and connection.
Eli Finer • How can we value anything when an AI can do everything?
This is it exactly
Isn’t that the desire of every heart? To be chosen ever so carefully by a pursuer of authentic beauty? To be cherished and allowed to be as one truly is, as one has been created to be before the pain of betrayal and selfish ambition.
To be known. Chosen. Always cherished. Often reread and appreciated for the unique creative work that it is.
No more.
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To be known. Chosen. Always cherished. Often reread and appreciated for the unique creative work that it is.
No more.
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Kelly Gawitt • In the Quiet Library of the Heart: The Soulful Journey of Being Known
This hit deep
Creators make money so they can make stuff, instead of the other way around.
Dr. Gena Gorlin • Fantastic Builders and Where to Find Them, 5th Installment
What we value and
This is an important thing to realize.