You're not choosing between flawed creative options—you're choosing which conditions to accept. Your decision was already made subconsciously. People instinctively choose less emotionally confronting paths, but analysis worsens creative decisions. Mindfulness meditation creates space between you and protective instincts. Professionals follow practice, not passion, trusting commitment over outcomes. When you accept you can't predict results, equanimity emerges. Choose based on acceptable conditions, not because one option seems better.

AI image generation's initial magic distracted from ethical costs—stolen training data and massive environmental impact. Trump's deregulation made these costs feel urgent. The author embraces "conscious complicity," using AI tools while acknowledging unresolvable moral tension. They reject both avoidance and false ethical certainties, choosing Keatsian "negative capability"—sitting with uncertainty rather than grasping comfortable positions. Scale separates individual users from companies, but moral culpability remains. Conscious engagement beats dishonest purity.

A definition of architecture made using only the most common 1000 words in the English Language. Try it - it’s not that easy.