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This is an archive. I will be posting prompts on the
Creative Surplus mailing list
for now.
Fixed Utility
Mar 25, 2024
Fixed utility is a stationary value. Value is a developmental movement, seeking a new frame and form of thinking that often happens through an
Convincing
Mar 18, 2024
When we onboard people to a point of view (/convince), we make an invisible comment on what is right and what is wrong. Convincing can be
Generality
Mar 11, 2024
As I take stock of ideas, living and evergreen, I am reminded of approaching ideas as particular or general. Some ideas benefit from context and
Imagination
Mar 4, 2024
bis-collection
& chapter
Acting on your opinions will necessarily generate dissonance. When deploying a new way of looking at reality, it will discern things, people, and
Brief, Prompt, Practices
Feb 26, 2024
bis-collection
& chapter
Below is a chapter in progress on the difference between briefs and prompts (for people, not algorithms). I start by posting the earlier text on the
The Mission: Self-Actualization
Feb 19, 2024
chapter
& bis-collection
I am slowly putting together longer-form ideas into some shape–maybe an artifact–and will share longer writings here (chapters) for paying members.
Movement
Feb 12, 2024
How do we sense movement before we get anywhere? As we see more complexity and how norms limit us with cause-and-effect thinking, we begin to move,
Changing the world by Changing yourself
Feb 5, 2024
If we mean what we say, we will inevitably change the world. The world is made from interconnected and interrelated people, ideas, and places.
Texture
Jan 29, 2024
Technology is an extension of an efficiency mindset, and efficiency always moves away from meaning and towards scale. AI writing tools and automated
Verticality
Jan 24, 2024
If you use AI to find a job, don’t be surprised if you find yourself in an average career. Conversely, a company that uses AI for recruiting should
Talking About AI
Jan 24, 2024
AI
& Complexity
With more communication about AI, its value, promise, and delivery, I wanted to continue developing the idea of 80/20 Aesthetics. Who is to use AI,
Recreational Communication
Jan 24, 2024
Value can be recreational or transformational. The most obvious example is information (say in a book, talk, or an email). It can be either side of
Average Value
Jan 24, 2024
Value exists despite efficiency and not because of it. When we pursue protocols and tools to reduce friction in production or communication, we hope
Communication
Dec 18, 2023
Newsletter
This week, I want to open space between reporting facts and sharing meaning. You can think about the difference between the picture and the frame.
What is Work: Library, Scholarship
Dec 12, 2023
Newsletter
Hello, What is Work now has a library page; I will start updating it with books and websites. The last book is From Strength to Strength, which I
Writing
Dec 11, 2023
Newsletter
is thinking, but we are incentivized to do rather than think. If you’re good at what you do, the market (the people you know professionally)
Places
Dec 4, 2023
Newsletter
We work in places. A place is a location (/medium) where (/a form of) communication happens. It can be an office, Slack community, regular Zoom
2024 Updates
Dec 4, 2023
Newsletter
Friends, some updates for 2024; 1 The weekly (prompt) email on Being in Space will be paid moving forward. 2 ‘What is Work?’ (a complexity school)
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