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Be A Discordant Note…
I’ve been sitting on this quote for a week and cannot shake the impact:
“Everything is an ad. Everything is genAl.
Everything is a glimmering facade peeling off at the edges. Everything is a Faustian Bargain.
Promising you ease and wonder and reassuring you that the consequences will be so distant it won't matter. Nothing matters. Take the deal.
It's never been more important to do real stuff.
Even if it's terrible. Especially if it's terrible.
The zeitgeist is hollow. Full of just the idea of authenticity. It is starving for something real.
Don't take the deal. Be a discordant note. Be a shimmering speck of silver in a sea of plastic.
Write cringe poetry. Make art that looks like nothing. Sing songs with uncertain melodies.
Be an excruciatingly odd thing in a world that is constantly trying to force you into a template.”
THOUGHTS:
You matter, I matter, we all matter. A collection of individuals is more valuable than a unified whole.
Yes, individuality is accepted, but only when individuality is exceptional.
On the podcast yesterday we were talking about the idea that you are crazy until you make it, then you are a visionary.
Not (always) in real life, but definitely online there is a push to conform.
Filters to change how you look. AI to to craft your words. Boxes to fit in. Stories to play out.
I love this quote though.
And it makes me realise that the meta game response to the world that is coming, is to be so uniquely yourself.
To refuse to let the edges be shaved off.
To enjoy art and hobbies and other things just because you enjoy them. Not because you’re trying to make money, or to impress, or to fit in. Just because.
To go and sit in the beautiful imperfection that is yourself, that is nature, that is real.
I was talking to my partner about a potentially awkward social situation with a friend. And she said that’s what friendships are, they are messy, they involve back-and-forth, involve work, and have friction.
That is exactly the point. We are not robots. We are not carbon copies. And we will not be able to thrive in an environment that tries to make us into such things.
Technology is a double edged sword. One that can very easily cut both ways.
Be the discordant note. Be the shining piece of silver in a sea of plastic.
Be you.
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