Espresso Shots 8-30-26

It's that time again for my weekly update, which includes a short collection of noteworthy finds, posts that inspire, as well as a few reflections from the past week or two. I'll aim to land these in your inbox by the weekend, in time to pair with your morning coffee (or your preferred cup of inspiration).The Latest Drippings ☕️On Adaptation, Again. In a follow-up to last week's top link, 'Why is Everyone in Tech So Sad?', I thought this post tickled a really important idea: you don't know who you were until you're already changed. He writes, 'I find myself in the dilemma of adaptation: If I don’t change, if I try to remain the same, I’m going to disappear. If I do change, in a certain sense I’ve also disappeared because now I’m something else.' It reminded me a lot of the siren scene in the Odyssey, where Odysseus is describing their song: 'It told you that what you most want is what you can’t have. And what you most can’t have is what you already had, and lost.' As a long-time…