Every “overnight success” is the result of years of thankless work. Success comes not from great acts of genius but from doing lots of small things consistently
humanity is still adapting to the fact that ordinary people have broadcasting capability. cultural norms around this are still being negotiated in real time. it’s actually imo more disruptive than promethean fire; you can’t use fire to burn people on the other side of the planet
i’m on a conceptual fast for the month of september. i won’t be scrutinizing any new concepts, and will focus my attention on preëxisting concepts, of which there are many (hundreds)