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Founders are quietly burning out — not from overwork, but from a
crisis of self. The smartest person in the room used to be you.
Now there's a model on your laptop that thinks faster, writes
better, and never sleeps. That dissonance has a name.
In this video, James Currier (NFX) introduces "Zen Sickness" —
the 1800s Buddhist term for the unsettled feeling that arrives
right before awakening. He argues the founders who push through
it will define the next decade. The ones who don't will be left
behind by their own pessimism.
Three moves to get there. One personal moment that stops you
cold. And a clear answer to the question every founder is
quietly asking: what am I actually worth in a world where
cognition is free?
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founders building network effects businesses. We've backed
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