General Knowledge No Longer Defines Me.
Henry Kim ·
A friend asks why I'm posting so much on LinkedIn and my blog these days. They ask if it's to boost click-through rates or for SEO (Search Engine Optimization). I shook my head firmly. No. If traffic or views were my goal, I'd be turning on a camera and dancing, or filming Shorts videos plastered with provocative thumbnails, instead of typing on a keyboard right now. This is the age of dopamine, and I know well that visual stimuli exert far greater power than text.
Nevertheless, I write.
It's to capture the myriad questions floating in my mind. My recent reflections on business, on-site issues in my current work, development issues, and sometimes even deeply personal laments. I leave all of this in text. The reason I write is not simply to convey information. The essence of this act is the process of defining 'me' as a person.
Indeed, the era of high intelligence has arrived. It's a world where AI has learned almost all human knowledge, and anyone can ask AI a question and get an expert-level answer in just three seconds. In such an environment, general knowledge can no longer represent the uniqueness of 'me' as an individual. The marketing theories or coding knowledge I possess have now become a public commodity that anyone can acquire. Knowledge alone can no longer prove who I am or what value I hold.
What, then, remains? If someone follows me, they will see not my knowledge, but my 'experience'. The existence of 'me' is ultimately the product of the experiences I've had, the sum of the habits I've repeated, and the very connections with people intertwined around me. This is my data that AI cannot replace.
That's why I record. I prove myself in the cheapest, yet most honest and public way. Instead of packaging it with flashy video technology, I leave my trajectory in raw, yet authentic text. These records will become my proper noun, my reputation, and an excellent manual to explain me in the future. This is the only strategy that allows me to exist as myself.