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Ahmad Hijazi

@ahmadhijazi.bsky.social

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Exploring active Wisdom, by reflecting on Knowledge, Creativity, Culture, & Work (Markets & Innovation).. (some digressions 😑) /Builder, Academic, Author/ https://linktr.ee/drhijazi

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Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 37m

ahmadhijazi.substack.com/p/ep-15-what...

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 37m

On the morning of Nov 25, 1970, Mishima delivered his last manuscript to his publisher.

He then attempted a coup... it failed, so he committed suicide, and one of his associates decapitated him (on his request).

What do we do when our myths die?

Ethercast / Ep. 15 : Mishima's Beautiful Illusion

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 1d

Well... being someone's perfect is not enough.

Stay weird only if that is **your** perfect.

"someone" might (will) change their mind.

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 2d

wait...

aren't we all like that?

(not needing 1 hr to get ready... the other thing)

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 3d

Bob Dylan on work, success, and simplicity.

#quotes

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 4d

The penrose stairs ...

They appear to be going up forever... till you notice you're back where you started.

Can you find the problem?

#opticalillusion

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 5d

Oscar Wilde, on authenticity and truly creative work.

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 6d

nautil.us/darwin-was-a...

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 6d

Be a slacker ! (?)

[ Like Darwin, Poincare, Mann, and others ]

Rest (and a 4-5 hr workday) seems to be an essential part of creative genius.

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 7d

Study:
arxiv.org/abs/1707.02748

More:
Fuzzy on the Dark Side / Approximate Thinking:
ahijazi.website/fuzzy-on-the...

The Atlas of Worldly Wisdom:
ahijazi.website/atlas-worldl...

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 7d

People's confidence rises faster than their actual skill (Study 👇 )

This is the illusion of competence... an unbalanced self-belief, without awareness or creativeness: Common pitfalls of approximate thinking (on the dark side).

Solutions...?

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Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 8d

Fuzzy on the Dark Side / Approximate Thinking:
ahijazi.website/fuzzy-on-the...

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 8d

We commit to identities (writer, thinker, activist), then fear changing them. The mask that was once haven becomes cage.
Freedom sometimes hides inside identity’s cracks.

Reflection Story : Name a moment you betrayed your public identity in a small way (tweet, post, comment) because your inner self

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Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 9d

The moth roams around the lamp till the morning. Unsatisfied with the light and warmth, it throws itself into it...
- Al Hallaj

#sufism #love

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 10d

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 10d

What is overconfidence ?

(a) overestimation of one's actual performance, or
(b) overplacement of one's performance relative to others, or
(c) excessive precision in one's beliefs.. (!!)

(Source 👇 )

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Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 11d

The Atlas:

ahijazi.website/atlas-worldl...

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 11d

Across artists, scientists, film directors, creative careers show hot streaks — bursts of high-impact work clustered together.
Nature

Before a hot streak, creatives tend to explore broadly (higher entropy in topic/style), trying new domains.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 11d

"Hot streaks" in different creative domains follow a pattern.

Exploration, then converging onto something, probably on seeing a mysterious flag from the world.

Excellence is a spiral motion (I) between seeing (A) and shaping (C), between knowing the world (A) and remaking (C) it.

(Link 👇 )

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 11d

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Attention and the dilemma of social media : algorithms favor stupidity.

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 11d

The folly of viral attention and social media...

Part-n

An October-2025 account of a 'model' and crypto (nfts? coins?) off the next (ridiculous) big thing...

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 12d

The rose laughs
at my long staring,
my eternal wonder..

What is the rose for,
Who owns the rose,
What does the rose mean?
- #Rumi

#poetry #Sufism #roses

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 13d

The Mask is the World:
ahijazi.website/the-mask-is-...

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 13d

Every culture wears masks, and we all join the pageant.
Symbols bind and empower us. The mask is the world—and the world masks us.

Reflection Story : Is there a symbol or tradition from your culture that you love and hate at once?

Ahmad Hijazi @ahmadhijazi.bsky.social · 14d

Creative & Funny voice. Embrace your shortcomings (?)...

#advertising #creativity #brands