Consumption vs. Creation

Decades of social media use won't have much benefit beyond some dopamine and entertainment along the way. It's because of the nature of consumption. When we are busy consuming junk food media, we get what we sign up for.

By contrast, when we are shipping something, we are making something, and when we are creating art, we are opening a new door of possibilities with our interaction with the world.

Humans, by nature, need to consume resources to survive — to a point. But to experience what it fully means to be human, we have to share something to feel the connection we so desperately crave. The world can already feel isolating. We have made so many decisions along the way to amplify this feeling.

We are social creatures. And without first contributing to a tribe, how could you ever really feel part of the tribe? Why should the tribe feed you if you never feed them back?

We can develop a posture of what does the world owe me, or we can say what do I have to give?