Tag: Thoughts
The Lionâs Claw
If the em dash is the AIâs 'Lion's Claw,' then our messy, unpolished flaws are the only fingerprints we have left to prove we arenât bots.
applying values to my mission statement
Revisiting my personal mission statement led to a simple but powerful insight: the difference between apparent value â what people notice immediately â and discovered value â the deeper benefits they appreciate later. This reflection reshaped how I think about communicating impact, both personally and professionally.
On aging
Aging is when the grey hairs colonize your head and beard, but your ear hair stays defiantly black. Nature has a sick sense of humor.
I Contain Multitudes (But My Messaging Apps Donât)
Messaging apps force one identity everywhere. I want different profiles per groupâ'Xavier (Max's dad)' in school chats, just 'Xavier' elsewhere. Let me contain multitudes digitally.
The Boy Who Chased Rome
A folder called Arena. A game with no save option. And the first time I learned to disappear into something completely...
To be happy or not?
A silver hair drifts to the floor, a loss is loss, whether of color or of presence.
The quiet narrative that algorithms canât touch
Reading Naval's post about being 'incompressible' got me thinking about the quiet stories we tell ourselvesâand how they might be our best defense against algorithms