Let's Write Again
Few month break. Working on languages, career, and personal growth. Nothing crazy but worth notating. Topic that I thought of and think is difficult to conceptualize: creating a product that genuinely benefits society (or at least 99%) without coming off as a "grift" or "scam". Let me give 2 examples: iPhone vs Financial Literacy Course from Instagram. The goal isn't to create something that is deemed a scam but rather something that creates value without necessarily at the expense of others. The iPhone allows me to open up a different world alongside the entire planet Earth. A world online that has become a reality to meet people, learn, work, etc. both in-person and virtually. The literary course comes off as a scam, a rip-off, a grift, something that is a "quick buck." It teaches you something that can be done with 5 minutes of Google. Is one inherently better? That is up to the consumer. But trying to come up with a list of products that provide m...