Let the Environment Build the Thing

Sean McClure
1 min readDec 16, 2024

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Most people become preoccupied with their ideas and plans. They think they need something in place to get moving.

You need nothing in place but the will to act. Your ideas are irrelevant and unoriginal. Nature does the crafting, you need only take the action to put something in place, adapt, and persist until something survives.

There is nothing else. Everything else is narrative and ego. Nature is the only author. She will grant you what works if you meet her halfway.

Stop thinking. You’re just another person. Get over yourself. Move with the power of ignorance and let nature craft you something wonderful.

Be the constant that becomes part of nature’s only true process. Yes, non-doers will probably call you a β€œgenius”, or β€œgifted”, or perhaps even β€œprivileged” as nature rewards your relentless motion with endless discoveries. It will appear all so ordained to those who don’t move. Those who don’t understand nature.

That is their loss.

Movement is the only decision to make.

You either make it, or continue worshipping those no different than you.

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Sean McClure
Sean McClure

Written by Sean McClure

Independent Scholar; Author of Discovered, Not Designed; Ph.D. Computational Chem; Builder of things; I study and write about science, philosophy, complexity.

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