The Upside of Obsession
October 21, 2023•175 words
Obsession is a powerful tool and in the right hands it can be used to create profound structures
Most people will go through their lives only discovering the first level of obsession.
The key here is in the extremes.
This world pounds a human into pulp. It prefers the average. The worker bee. The ant that follows the pheromone trail and has no knowledge of the full colony. The human that gives up on control of their life and submits to domination.
But is that surprising? Until we have full robotic autonomy, then we have to make do with what we got, and that is human beings to build and manage the infrastructure of the world.
No one wants to say it but that is the common thread of success. It is obsession. How else is someone supposed to create something that has never been, but only been dreamt of?
I will never look down upon someone who has become obsessed with something. As long as they channel that obsession
Into
Something
Bigger
Then themselves