I guess I am just a luddite cause the thought that the only way to financial success nowadays is to turn yourself into a brand and sell yourself on social media is profoundly depressing to me. We were not meant to live like this. Social media was a mistake that is actively destroying humanity. The so called attention economy is an abberation that is unsustainable long term. AI will soon destroy whats left of the internet flooding it with fake bots, so I guess this problem will eventually solve itself.
Im finally about to launch my first digital product. It has indeed been a journey.
I could of done it faster for sure but it would of been something different. But playing around in this realm of content Creation and also just learning more has brought me to this point. Im curious to see where it goes next.
The starting point was your writers bootcamp over 1 year ago now. Im grateful for that. 🙏
" If you can't make your first few dollars within 30 days, you are absolutely doing the wrong things, and at that point, your problems are emotional regulation and focus. Solve those."
“Similar to the liberal arts that were supposed to liberate you, but since they are a department in an ideological structure, they do the opposite of that”
Grifter talk. You can study history, philosophy, or literature at a university without limiting your view if you actually try.
An insightful post. It's very important to create or build something, and digital assets are key in today's digital age. Basically, it will be a creator's economy, and one needs to build skills around it. Typically, it's easier to build something in which you already have some domain knowledge and exposure, so it's best to start there. Thus, one should be able to build digitally. I believe we do need to know technology and social media too, as it's important to have a personal brand. With digital, you get global access.
Nobody cares about your niche, they care about your point of view.
You escape competition through your perspective. Your unique combination of experiences, interests, and opinions.
That's how you future-proof yourself against AI (in my humble opinion).”
One must be a decent writer in order to optimize this wisdom. I’m working on it.
I appreciate your experience and recommendation to keep going forward - even as we stumble and fail forward - we can count it as investment in our being unique in our authenticity.
LOVE the liberal arts list you listed, and the need to have a vehicle to develop those skills. The best learning and development never happens inside a classroom. It happens when you’re building something.
Hey! I write about financial literacy and how it connects to your lifestyle. My goal is to make personal finance practical, relatable, and actionable for real life. If that sounds interesting, I’d love for you to check out my Substack and see what I share each week.
While this all makes sense, you are using rhetoric to spread the somewhat conspiratorial idea that our educational institutions are rotten.
We need research scientists and PhDs in these institutions for all of the progress we’ve made. Drug development, technological breakthroughs, the internet, and on and on.
We need all types of people in society. And I’m sure glad some people choose to build inside our institutions.
I'm assuming this is purely a business framing. I'm not worried about ai replacing my own work. But i am genuinely worried about how the overuse of it might negatively effect the ability of our future generations to think for themselves. Do you have confidence that the education system (in whatever format that might be, wherever in the world) will be quick enough to react? And if not, can there not be a genuine worry?
Aside from, as always, the useful and practical content — with plenty of ideas and insights one can apply — I think it’s an excellent way to spark a deep reflection on oneself: on what you’re doing, what you want (or would like, or could) improve, and which skills could be refined or even set aside to focus on something else. I believe moments like these are rare, especially in the constant flow of daily activities, and this issue provides a guided and effective way to develop this kind of reflection. Thank you so much for sharing it.
I guess I am just a luddite cause the thought that the only way to financial success nowadays is to turn yourself into a brand and sell yourself on social media is profoundly depressing to me. We were not meant to live like this. Social media was a mistake that is actively destroying humanity. The so called attention economy is an abberation that is unsustainable long term. AI will soon destroy whats left of the internet flooding it with fake bots, so I guess this problem will eventually solve itself.
Im finally about to launch my first digital product. It has indeed been a journey.
I could of done it faster for sure but it would of been something different. But playing around in this realm of content Creation and also just learning more has brought me to this point. Im curious to see where it goes next.
The starting point was your writers bootcamp over 1 year ago now. Im grateful for that. 🙏
" If you can't make your first few dollars within 30 days, you are absolutely doing the wrong things, and at that point, your problems are emotional regulation and focus. Solve those."
DUDE. <3
Very educative, well done 👍
“Similar to the liberal arts that were supposed to liberate you, but since they are a department in an ideological structure, they do the opposite of that”
Grifter talk. You can study history, philosophy, or literature at a university without limiting your view if you actually try.
An insightful post. It's very important to create or build something, and digital assets are key in today's digital age. Basically, it will be a creator's economy, and one needs to build skills around it. Typically, it's easier to build something in which you already have some domain knowledge and exposure, so it's best to start there. Thus, one should be able to build digitally. I believe we do need to know technology and social media too, as it's important to have a personal brand. With digital, you get global access.
“Here's the thing:
Nobody cares about your niche, they care about your point of view.
You escape competition through your perspective. Your unique combination of experiences, interests, and opinions.
That's how you future-proof yourself against AI (in my humble opinion).”
One must be a decent writer in order to optimize this wisdom. I’m working on it.
I appreciate your experience and recommendation to keep going forward - even as we stumble and fail forward - we can count it as investment in our being unique in our authenticity.
What an interesting post. So to summarise the skills we should focus on building are:
Agency: choosing and acting with purpose
Investment: growing what you already have
Logic: connecting facts to find truth
Psychology: understanding what people want
Research: finding facts about unknowns
Rhetoric: persuading and spotting persuasion
Statistics: making sense of the numbers
Is this AI?
Finally took the leap to build something I knew I wanted. This article hit just in time!
LOVE the liberal arts list you listed, and the need to have a vehicle to develop those skills. The best learning and development never happens inside a classroom. It happens when you’re building something.
Hey! I write about financial literacy and how it connects to your lifestyle. My goal is to make personal finance practical, relatable, and actionable for real life. If that sounds interesting, I’d love for you to check out my Substack and see what I share each week.
https://joshr35.substack.com/p/how-mental-health-shapes-the-way
Love these big picture ones. I think they are the most important. Maybe even more so than the technical and specific ones which are also great.
True education is discovery, not memorization.
Looking forward to support my son with this after I’ve figured it out. It’s a process. Everyone’s path as well as timeline is a little different.
While this all makes sense, you are using rhetoric to spread the somewhat conspiratorial idea that our educational institutions are rotten.
We need research scientists and PhDs in these institutions for all of the progress we’ve made. Drug development, technological breakthroughs, the internet, and on and on.
We need all types of people in society. And I’m sure glad some people choose to build inside our institutions.
I'm assuming this is purely a business framing. I'm not worried about ai replacing my own work. But i am genuinely worried about how the overuse of it might negatively effect the ability of our future generations to think for themselves. Do you have confidence that the education system (in whatever format that might be, wherever in the world) will be quick enough to react? And if not, can there not be a genuine worry?
Aside from, as always, the useful and practical content — with plenty of ideas and insights one can apply — I think it’s an excellent way to spark a deep reflection on oneself: on what you’re doing, what you want (or would like, or could) improve, and which skills could be refined or even set aside to focus on something else. I believe moments like these are rare, especially in the constant flow of daily activities, and this issue provides a guided and effective way to develop this kind of reflection. Thank you so much for sharing it.