
The Third Eye

The agent of this transformation would be the “creative man”: somewhere between an artist and a salesman, a liminal figure within if not totally comfortable with the business world, paradoxically committed to his own vision and his clients’ needs simultaneously, a resident gadfly who would be the humane and rebellious face of capitalism and its ult
... See moreSamuel W. Franklin • The Cult of Creativity: A Surprisingly Recent History
Eugene Wei – Tech, Media, and Culture - [Invest Like the Best, EP.117]
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This glorification of action over thought is reflected in Silicon Valley's culture and canonical texts. Books like Zero to One or essays like It's Time to Build emphasize the urgent need to create, innovate, hack, and iterate on products with vast social consequences, rather than the responsibility of technologists to pause, reflect, and introspect... See more