One consistent tension I’m navigating:

The pull to be at the vanguard of technology (learn Claude Code, install OpenClaw, vibe code everything!) and hurriedly experiment and drop ~$50 worth of credits on a project while asking Claude for step by step instructions like I’m disarming a bomb (“which wire, Claude?!”)

versus

Going analog, expanding my attention span, dive into books, poetry, re-learn to notice the texture of the moss, the buds sprouting into bloom—the small, the simple, the mundane.

These are two different speeds, and I believe, two different sets of values: In one, you concede that reality is demanding speed, relevance, and experimentation. And sure, my curiosity fits into that well. On the flip side, the other mode implies that a deeper, slower connection with our reality will not only help live life with more resonance, but also financially, will be the better way to go (e.g. in tech bro parlance “building taste”).

– Camilo Moreno-Salamanca on his Substack