You Don't Have to Monetize The Things You Love Highlight

There’s a parallel here with ecology. In natural systems, not every organism aims to dominate its environment. Some species remain in narrow niches, perfectly adapted to specific conditions. They thrive, not despite their limitations, but because of them.
Human creative and social endeavors don’t all need to compete for maximum reach. A writing group that’s met in the same coffee shop for a decade might be exactly as big as it should be. A small-batch pottery studio producing just enough to sustain its owner’s modest needs might be operating at its optimal scale.
These bounded endeavors serve another crucial function: they act as counterweights to the increasingly automated, optimized, and scaled nature of modern life.