Innovation is THE criterion.
Not the prestige
Not the fucking pay
Not even how well it’s done
Not even how useful it currently is
Innovation is the only worthy pursuit
Anything less is REGRESSION
Prestige, my friend, is good for children. Are you insecure? Do you have to rely on others to feel good about yourself? Are you a sheep? Do you need others to tell you what to do and even what you are?
Pay doesn’t reflect value.
It may reflect value.
It may reflect adverse stagnation of the system
It may reflect exploitation of the system
It may reflect wickedness
Usefulness is not enough
Quality is not enough
Usefulness of today is uselessness of tomorrow. We need innovation first.
Quality of today is obsolete tomorrow. We need innovation first.
There is no stagnation. It’s either INNOVATION or REGRESSION.
This is why we can have all our PRESTIGIOUS JOBS that are WELL PAYING and USEFUL and we MATCH THE STANDARDS PERFECTLY… and we still regress.
We successfully regressed in the middle ages
And everyone around you successfully regress their entire fucking lives
Everyone but those that progress
…and it’s not even a choice
Progress is not about your EGO — though it will make you “grand” to the world.
Innovation is not about your success — though it will make you wealthy.
Innovation, progress, is simply the choice of LIFE.
The opposite of it is death.
Therefore you must innovate
How do you even innovate?
The crux of the matter, yes? And yet it’s simple
We fail to learn because we think we’ve learned
We fail to find something new because we ceased exploring
We fail to do anything new because we refuse to experiment
That is easy
It’s also most difficult
We are wired to DOGMATISM. Epistemic arrogance. HABIT. Safety. Comfort. THE KNOWN.
But you must keep learning and keep doing, you must keep exploring, and you must innovate.
Do things differently
Always look for new possibilities
Take your skills to the highest level — guess what’s right above it — innovation
Never settle
Never cease learning
…And forget all the distractions
Innovation is THE criterion
The rest is fucking nonsense
You know it’s true