How to travel to the future š
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I donāt know what it says about how Iām wired, but I love a dystopian future.
1984, The Handmaidās Tale, Fahrenheit 451. Love āem all.
More accurately, I loveĀ hatingĀ the messed-up worlds the authors created for their characters.
Last night, I watched the second episode of Appleās adaptation of Silo, based on Hugh Howeyās blockbuster book series.
(If you like the sound of a detective story wrapped up in a steam punk-ish near future, check it out.)
A key theme is ārelicsā from the past (in this case,Ā digitalĀ relics) shedding light on the present.
Which reminded in a weird way of thisā¦
Sometimes, a person whoās taking myĀ free courseĀ will email me and say something like:
āI really like what you said about choosing your course topic.ā
Nice to hear, but honestly, I have to cast my mind back, because theyāre talking about a video I created two years ago.
Often, I canāt even remember what I said!
To me its old news, but to them itās as fresh as if Iād recorded it yesterday.
And hereās the thingā¦
How they feel about that content is much more important than how I feel about it.
Now, each time I create a course video or other training content, Iām not just creating contentā¦
Iām sending a digital copy of myself into the future to engage and educate people who donāt even know me yet.
And the more content I create, the more digital copies of me are āout thereā working tirelessly on my behalf.
I love that any one of those copies could enable a breakthrough in someoneās thinking. Or get them past a milestone where they were previously stuck.
So while Iām all for living in the present, if you spend some of your present time creating evergreen digital content, youāll get to live in the future too.
See you soon,
Glen.