Shaunna Van Hout
@svh
Shaunna Van Hout
- 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.
I'm Not OK With This, and You Shouldn't Be Either.
But where they have the right to due process and a fair trial is in a court of law.
We can all agree that if a teacher is accused of molesting a student, they have the right to due process and a fair trial, but they should not remain in the classroom while the due process plays out. You don’t have a constitutional right to work with children.
We can all agree that if a doctor is accused of carving their initials into a patient’s uterus while performing surgery on them (yes, that really happened), they are entitled to due process and a fair trial. In a court of law. But they should not keep operating on people in the meantime. You have no constitutional right to perform surgery.I recently wrote about “existential burnout” which isn’t just “I’m tired from over-working” — it’s something much bigger and deeper, affecting a huge proportion of society because so many factors just simply aren’t working. We are going through massive change post-pandemic, and many people aren’t able to work and “produce” in the same way.
- As my work-driven identity dissolved, I felt a burning ambition across all facets of life. Instead of a desire to achieve goals that society told me were valuable, I felt a hunger to discover what makes me feel fully alive. Instead of a commitment to “winning” other people’s games, I felt a commitment to design a life that I deeply enjoy inhabiting... See more
from Work, Ambition, and Identity by Sam Sager
A reminder for myself from my @iseeinvisiblethings project :)
My 2023 in Review: A Year of Change, Letting Go, and Coming Home to Myself
by Kate Arends
In a word, we’ve struggled for two years to find someone with taste—with an eye for what stands the chance of being interesting, entertaining, or useful to an audience.
We’re not alone. I’ve talked to authors, podcasters, documentarians, late-night TV writers, YouTubers and TikTokers, and they all share this problem. Most of these creators are
... See morefrom The Cup of Coffee Theory of AI by Billy Oppenheimer
AI Reading List
This is aimed towards the AI curious looking to go down the rabbit hole not the AI expert. It will be updated ~monthly. Recommendations are accepted via DM @JackSoslow
