Growing has no connection with audience. Audience has no connection with identity. Identity has no connection with a universe. A universe has no connection with human nature.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Growth, audience, identity, and human nature exist independently without direct connections.
- In plain terms
- Growing, having an audience, identity, and human nature are separate.
- What can you take from it?
- Do not expect direct connections between growth and identity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you grow?
- Does identity shape growth?
Another view
Humans naturally seek connection between these things.
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