Be The Kind One
“It is a terrible thing, this kindness that human beings do not lose. Terrible, because when we are finally naked in the dark and cold, it is all we have.”
— Ursula Le Guin
I think about this quote a lot. Especially when the world feels so turbulent.
It feels like AI is changing everything. Jobs, roles, how we build, how we work. It’s fast. It’s noisy. Sometimes it’s genuinely frightening.
But here’s what I keep coming back to: human kindness is one thing we can’t automate away.
No model replaces it. No efficiency drive optimises for it. No organisation can fake it.
And if we’re honest, tech has never been that good at it. We celebrate speed, scale, disruption. We forget the people doing the work. We forget to build communities that look out for each other.
In our teams. In our hiring. In our feedback. In our day-to-day conversations.
So let’s start now. Whatever happens next with AI, with tech, with the world — be the kind one.
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