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Matt Smith's avatar

I absolutely love this. This is an incredible, insight-giving framework, very well observed - thank you.

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Gyri Reiersen's avatar

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Aden Date's avatar

Yeah but also reading books, visiting an art gallery alone, self-retreat meditation… this is all true until it isn’t. Perhaps solitude vs. loneliness is a helpful distinction here.

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Dozie Anyaegbunam's avatar

do you mind if I say "I love you" for writing this?

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Corey Pudhorodsky's avatar

Last weekend I spent 50 continuous hours demonstrating 50 Climate facts in public. Your post describes well what made it special β€” being around other people and creating and sharing content in a way that felt risky and collaborative. Thanks for putting it into words.

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sav's avatar

this man speaks the truth!!! what a wonderful observation and great matrix. quadrant four is where those awesome core memories are made.

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mads's avatar

"If there was an index fund for touching grass, I would buy it."β€” thanks for the chuckle this morning

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H.J. Zhou's avatar

Love this. Reaching quadrant 4 requires overcoming so much friction, but it’s well worth it

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HyperBlight's avatar

Good to see someone else wrote on this idea in a less internet poisoned way :D

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Tyler Sayles's avatar

PRODUCE PRODUCE PRODUCE NEVER REFLECT OR INTAKE

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Matt Jaden Carroll's avatar

The inherent joy of group creativity is that you’re spending the whole time intaking what others make.

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Neil Ford's avatar

I am sharing this with the patrons of the Photowalk Podcast - https://thephotowalk.substack.com/ - on our monthly Zoom meeting because I think it will resonate greatly with them. Thank you for articulating the subject so eloquently.

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suansita k.'s avatar

So simple yet so spot on and helpful - thanks, Ben!

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J.M. Kettle's avatar

really great piece

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David Cohen-Tanugi, Ph.D.'s avatar

Very nice post, Ben. The "less religion" part of your diagram reminds me of this report about how people are finding replacements for religion as a way to find community, accountability, meaning, etc: https://caspertk.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/how-we-gather.pdf

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Lis's avatar

meaning is created πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈ

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