"Precisely this version of you is suffering from digital sunburn.
Not the acute kind — the kind that peels, that you notice. The chronic kind. The kind that comes from mistaking constant exposure for constant relevance, until your instincts are the ones that never got to tan, only burn."
Great article Lucy. A question, if I may:
Have you ever managed to educate a client or manager that is ok to slow down?
I tried before without good results, so I'm curious to hear your experience on the matter.
This is a great question and I think my answer would be - it’s complicated.
From my experience, I have seen Customers rushing through vendor selection process without dedicating time and attention to it.
While I understand in business you cannot slow down certain things or decisions, success of the project depends of solid preparation, right strategy communication and cooperation. Getting it all right takes time.
You can still act with speed and at the same time be find time to pause and think it well through.
On the other hand, just because organisation moves slow, it doesn’t automatically mean it is efficient.
As for the people, everyone has own reason behind such behaviour and it is not coming out of nowhere.
Have you tried to understand why they cannot slow down?
Pause to give you time to articulate the problem you're trying to solve. To clarify your understanding before you type. Think about the outcome and output you need. Then it's about the minimum amount of the right sources and knowledge to include and build context. Pausing is a usp skill that links to your knowledge experience and expertise links to judgement and critical thinking before you even invite ai to join you on your quest.
This is Attention Architecture in practice, described much better than I did in the essay. Pause isn’t absence, it’s where the judgment happens. It takes a change of mindset to really appreciate the advantage that slowing down offers
"I’ve written before about Strategic Ignorance — the discipline of choosing your exposure rather than absorbing whatever others ( algorithm or people around you) decide you’re due."
This is a very interesting concept, and I haven't thought about it this way before
Thank you, that means a lot coming from someone thinking seriously about this space. Strategic Ignorance still feels underrated in the world that encourages you to consume more and do more (did you notice how we normalised side hustles because one source of income per person is not enough?)
I never thought of myself as “thinking seriously about this space”, but yes I am. I should change that thinking about myself.
The side-hustle thing always felt scratchy to me
I understand language will label things that I don’t think need labeling, mostly for people to be able to sell stuff
I prefer the saying of “Having many irons in the fire”, and yes the way the economy is structured right now means we need more ways to earn as work has become more unstable
Although those who make their wealth from assets are flourishing
It speaks to me because it’s that simple and everyone understands the metaphor with umbrella on the beach and desire to get a gentle tan but ending up with severe burn from overexposure.
This particular bit got me:
"Precisely this version of you is suffering from digital sunburn.
Not the acute kind — the kind that peels, that you notice. The chronic kind. The kind that comes from mistaking constant exposure for constant relevance, until your instincts are the ones that never got to tan, only burn."
Great article Lucy. A question, if I may:
Have you ever managed to educate a client or manager that is ok to slow down?
I tried before without good results, so I'm curious to hear your experience on the matter.
Cheers!
This is a great question and I think my answer would be - it’s complicated.
From my experience, I have seen Customers rushing through vendor selection process without dedicating time and attention to it.
While I understand in business you cannot slow down certain things or decisions, success of the project depends of solid preparation, right strategy communication and cooperation. Getting it all right takes time.
You can still act with speed and at the same time be find time to pause and think it well through.
On the other hand, just because organisation moves slow, it doesn’t automatically mean it is efficient.
As for the people, everyone has own reason behind such behaviour and it is not coming out of nowhere.
Have you tried to understand why they cannot slow down?
Pause to give you time to articulate the problem you're trying to solve. To clarify your understanding before you type. Think about the outcome and output you need. Then it's about the minimum amount of the right sources and knowledge to include and build context. Pausing is a usp skill that links to your knowledge experience and expertise links to judgement and critical thinking before you even invite ai to join you on your quest.
This is Attention Architecture in practice, described much better than I did in the essay. Pause isn’t absence, it’s where the judgment happens. It takes a change of mindset to really appreciate the advantage that slowing down offers
"I’ve written before about Strategic Ignorance — the discipline of choosing your exposure rather than absorbing whatever others ( algorithm or people around you) decide you’re due."
This is a very interesting concept, and I haven't thought about it this way before
Thanks
And totally agree
Thank you, that means a lot coming from someone thinking seriously about this space. Strategic Ignorance still feels underrated in the world that encourages you to consume more and do more (did you notice how we normalised side hustles because one source of income per person is not enough?)
I never thought of myself as “thinking seriously about this space”, but yes I am. I should change that thinking about myself.
The side-hustle thing always felt scratchy to me
I understand language will label things that I don’t think need labeling, mostly for people to be able to sell stuff
I prefer the saying of “Having many irons in the fire”, and yes the way the economy is structured right now means we need more ways to earn as work has become more unstable
Although those who make their wealth from assets are flourishing
Digital sunburn is such a great phrasing and one that I'll be taking with me!
It speaks to me because it’s that simple and everyone understands the metaphor with umbrella on the beach and desire to get a gentle tan but ending up with severe burn from overexposure.