The thing that has always mattered in this life was the depth to which we were willing to go.
With the advent of LLMs and "AI" (don't get me started), the one thing that will continue to differentiate human beings will be the depth to which one goes.
Stay on the surface, and get washed away. Go to the root of all, and that too will give you the roots to continue to grow.
Depth - of connection, of love, of spiritual commitment, of knowledge and the pursuit of all that is Good - is the place we find who we are. All that is worth finding is worth going to the bottom of everything for.
I know people that want to outsource their life, they want to "not waste time on things they would rather not do" - but that is the outlook that will have you going to hell. Because there will always be things you don't want to do - because this life isn't about you. It is not about what you can get out of it, it is about what you can give. So, what if those things that you "don't want to do" become just as enjoyable as the things you do want to do? Wouldn't that be a life worth living? We only find that when we are seeking depth in all things.
So, one will go from listening to modern music to listening to the intricacies of classical music and the complexity of that which has been lost in modernity to the slapstick, the easily consumed. One will go from copy pasting code to understanding each and every function in even the most elementary program one writes. One will go from watching television shows to reading the greatest minds that have ever lived, and to converse with them.
Do not dull your shine for the people than don't get it. Do not compromise in anything, do not give way to those that believe "X or Y industry is COOKED, swag, rizz, whatever the kids are saying" (as a side note, I drove past a highschool from my gym the other day, and every single kid looked like a zombie - they were walking as if in a daze, completely unaware of anything around them - it was insane, but I digress.)
The way to avoid that zombiedom? Understanding that All that we do is purposeful. That even the smallest, seemingly most insignificant thing, is eternally consequential.
We must RETURN to that which is the primary source, not sugar coated secondary ideas. Return to First principle in all things.
Read the Summa, don't just read a synopsis of the Summa.
Write the code, don't just get the LLM to write it for you. Go on the adventure, because nobody else can do it for you.
Live.
As always, God bless, and until next time.
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