When we lose that power to imagine ourselves into the being of another creature another human or in fact a caterpillar uh we we lose the capacity for empathy and that's the thing that's going to destroy us in the future if we let it.
The best VCs, the best investors, the best business builders are people who have a very strong ability to suspend disbelief. They have to be able to imagine a world that doesn't yet exist.
Imagination isn't about escaping the real world. It is a way of building one. And when our imaginations work together, every character on that stage comes alive.
Consciousness is kind of how we do sentience. For animals like us, we need a much more elaborate sentience. We need the ability, say, to imagine what's going on so that we can have counterfactuals.
7mo ago
Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
