There is a cognitive bias called the Curse of Knowledge.

Synthetic purpose is an idea that Justin Welsh wrote about a few weeks back and I haven't been able to stop thinking about.

Sparked by a post from Linda Duffy on Typeshare.

She wrote:

Over time, we upgrade our lives without noticing. Luxuries become normal. Normal becomes essential.

You wouldn’t build a house with a paper cutter…so why are you trying to run your business with one AI tool?

I spent hours on a lead magnet that Damien eventually described as 'polished diarrhea’; I didn’t even make it to solid turd level.

Silence is a business decision. This company just didn't know they were making it.

There's a line King wrote in two separate books that I keep pondering about how it relates to a common problem with AI chatbots.

As a society, we are failing the marshmallow test, and Amazon is the one holding the bag and shoving the marshmallows down our willing throats.

How much better could things be for us all if we believed the world is conspiring to do us good and we rejoiced in the joy of others?

The power went out, the Amish were involved, and for twelve hours, I forgot the internet existed. The outcome? My brain stopped screaming for the first time in a while.