On Zoom, Experimentation, and Cat Filters

Thoughts on why so many of us are afraid to go beyond the bare minimum.

members-only post Feb 11, 2021 2-min read

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
—Mario Andretti

By now, you've probably seen the Zoom cat-filter video that went viral:

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