On 8/28/26
Daily Letter
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Inspiration & Quotes × AI & New Tech
A lot of tech industry personality behaviors are simply a reflection of people not being confident and happy about themselves. Lot of high school, college, and young adult stuff playing out much later and more visibly for many who skipped various of those social stages.
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You would give up your dreams in order to escape your nightmares and I would not.
I think it's a bad bargain.
If my devils are to leave me, I am afraid my angels will take flight as well.
When peoples joys are too great, we respond with envy. If others sorrows are too small we don't take them seriously. Thus: we are prone to sympathize with other peoples small joys and great sorrows.
AI & New Tech
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Color me shocked when technology takes political preferences of the creators
Misc
You have the right to action alone, but never to its fruits.
If you just did something like go to the supermarket and experienced it fully without the goggles of habit and categories you would go crazy with pure sense and joy.
Joy is your birthright. It can be found anywhere, at any time. Telling yourself you have to be a specific way before you can experience joy is just a way to avoid the joy that is waiting for you to recognize it.
If you take care of the minutes, the years will take care of themselves.
There is nothing worse on this earth than the critic who lives to condemn whatever emerges, to capture whatever escapes their frame and discipline any free new passion