Sell, Sell, Sell My 28th card.Funny summary: This card basically says:”You can write the greatest masterpiece in human history…but if nobody reads it,you may have accidentally created an expensive diary.” Which is slightly tragic. And also exactly how half the internet works. I actually like this card because it challenges the romantic idea that creativity … Read more
Don’t Fall In Love With Ideas My 27th cardThis card basically says:“Congratulations. You didn’t fall in love with a person, ideology, or nation this time — only with your own catastrophic genius plan.”The dangerous thing about ideas is that they rarely arrive wearing villain costumes. Usually they arrive looking intelligent, noble, and emotionally very convincing … Read more
Ask A Fool – My 26th cardFunny summary:This card basically says:“Every serious organization secretly needs one professional idiot.”Because eventually every system becomes dangerous when everyone inside starts speaking fluent bureaucracy.The fool exists to ask questions like:“Are we rebuilding the Post Office…or are we all emotionally unable to admit the letters already won?”And honestly, Going Postal … Read more
See The Big Picture – My 25th cardFunny summary: This card basically says: “Congratulations.You invented a train.Unfortunately you also invented:competition, faster capitalism, long-distance romance, existentialism, and probably modern stress.” Humans are amazing at seeing the machine itselfand terrible at seeing what the machine will eventually do to society. I really like this card because it … Read more
Get Support – My 24th card. Funny summary:This card basically says: “Even geniuses need people around them saying:‘Yes, your weird little idea about sad turtles and philosophical windmills is actually worth continuing.’” Most creative people pretend they are lone wolves. Meanwhile:one encouraging message,one good conversation,or one person quietly believing in them… can restart an entire … Read more
Be Dissatisfied – My 23th card.Funny summary:This card basically says:“Congratulations. Your inability to relax might actually be a feature.”Some people see a chair.Others see:“a chair with bad ergonomics, wrong wood choice, weak symbolism, and suspicious emotional energy.”Inventors, writers, musicians and programmers all share one beautiful curse:They enter a roomand immediately notice what feels slightly wrong. … Read more
Imagine How Other Would Do It – My 22th cardFunny summary: This card is basically saying: “Your idea is good.Now let someone completely different ruin improve it.” A programmer would automate it.A musician would add sadness.A Swede would schedule a meeting about it.A Latvian would stare silently at the forest for two hours first. And … Read more
Find What’s out of Whack – My 21 th cardFunny summary:Every creative person has two personalities:“This is brilliant.”and five minutes later:“This belongs in a dumpster behind a gas station.”This card is basically about inviting the second person to the meeting before publishing. I like this card because it separates creativity from ego.Not every idea deserves … Read more
Solve the Right Problem – My 20th cardSometimes humans are amazing. The piano sounds terrible.So instead of tuning it…someone paints it. Which honestly explains at least 40% of modern life. I think this card quietly asks a brutal question: Are we fixing the actual wound…or only improving the appearance of it? And maybe that is … Read more
Conform – My 19th cardFunny Summay:Humanity basically runs on:“Those people do it that way.”“Okay, I guess we also do it that way now.” One city celebrates on Saturday.Another on Sunday. And Augustine goes:“Which one is correct?” Meanwhile the bishop answers like the world’s oldest consultant:“Depends where you are.” 🦉Reflection: I like that this card doesn’t … Read more