Basically repeat this to any young writer I work with.
Fetishising the idea of “community” will stagnate your own vision. Baldwin was spitting when he recognised that creativity also needs the aloneness of birth or death, the aloneness of the grave.
So glad this is being talked about. You lose parts of yourself when you constantly look to others for guidance about what you should do and like. It’s so important to be in tune with what catches your attention, your likes and dislikes and why you like/believe said thing.
The cost of your flight went up because you searched for it twice. Your rideshare costs more because your phone battery is dying.
This is surveillance pricing – corporations using your own data and behaviors against you.
In the US Senate, I’ve got a plan to ban it.