A book in progress by Aron Hosie · due in 2027

Why “am I enough?” never stays answered

and one question that shows which wants can be met

Does any of this sound familiar?

  • However much you do, you never quite feel good enough.
  • You know comparing yourself to others is pointless, and you still feel a step behind.
  • The happier, more successful version of you always seems one step further on.

If you’ve already been reassured and tried a plan or two, and the feeling’s still there, this book offers something else. It shows you how all of this works, so you can see it happening in your own life.

What the book does differently

  • It shows why “I’m not good enough” can feel like a fact, even when the evidence says otherwise. It looks at where the feeling comes from, and why the words feel so true.
  • It sorts your questions. Some can be answered, like whether there’s enough in the bank for the rent. Others, like “am I enough?”, never stay answered, however much you do.
  • It shows where the measures we judge ourselves by come from, without blaming anyone.
  • It does the same for AI: what it does to the measures we judge ourselves by, and which questions a machine can answer for you, and which it never can.

The book offers a way of seeing, and one question to put to any want or worry:

What is it for, and could anything ever answer it?

Can be answered

A closed ring marks a question that can be answered.

Never stays answered

An open ring marks one that never stays answered.

Can be answered

Is there enough in the bank for the rent? Once it’s paid, it stays paid.

Never stays answered

Am I enough? However much you do.

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Follow the book

I’m writing the book now, and it’s due in 2027. If you’d like to follow it, I send a letter about once a month as it takes shape. The first asks whether a relationship with AI can be real.

Where to go next

The framework: where the feeling comes from, and how to use the question.

About me: why I’m writing this book.

The letters: written to people following the book.

The essays: written before the book, and grouped by theme.

My photographs are on the Photography page.