User clipped this Feifei Substack post via the Obsidian web clipper — first use of that pipeline (signal for the open question at the end: this format works, may use more). The article is Feifei's follow-up to a previous piece ("I wrote a piece two weeks ago and some people felt seen or maybe exposed").
The article argues that original thinking is a skill, not a trait — a capacity that atrophies when outsourced (to the algorithm, to the comments, to the smart take you've already absorbed) and develops when practiced. The piece is structured as a self-diagnosis ("this is…
This is the user's third ==highlight==. The move: original thinking isn't a productivity hack, it's the precondition for actual connection.
All four are posture moves — operating-system-level principles, not situational craft. This matches the posture-over-craft preference signal verified 2026-06-17 in the Rubin/Elon Forced Reduction capture ("the user cares about operating-system-level posture, not…
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