Opinion

Modern ambition is no longer about meaning - it's about optics. Good food, luxury travel, and branded things have replaced curiosity, craft, and contribution. We didn't plan this shift. But we're all living inside it.

Real progress doesn't come from polishing. It comes from shipping. You don't need more tweaks, you need closure.

Remote work felt like a revolution in 2020. But it wasn’t a revolution. It was an emergency. And now that life is back, remote isn't the dream everyone thought it was, it’s a system out of sync with reality.

Remote looks attractive in the short run, no commute, lower expenses, the ease of home. But years later, the regret surfaces. You realise you missed out on the social side of work, the compounding of proximity, the unspoken lessons that come only from being in the room.