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As with all @july posts, I kept thinking about this one and had an insight — Silicon Valley self-sabotages by ascribing too much of its identity to “doing”
Take the iconic comeback from Elon, “What did you get done this week?”
Implicitly, doing reigns supreme in a culture that venerates high agency leaders
And it’s understandable… when most other industries are in stasis, tech bears the flag of progress and holds onto the idea that American exceptionalism and manifest destiny are still alive
But by over-fixating on “doing”, it ends up destroying the soul of all creativity, which comes from “being”
If tech could become less insecure around not always doing and leave space for being, much of what it builds could become imbued with greater purpose, beauty, and creativity — and at little to no cost
Doing isn’t impacted negatively by being. The reason for this is that intelligence is primary, and it manifests through being. Doing is 2nd order… can expound more on this later 8 replies
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