Dillon Picks July 2024
The Dillon Empire’s monthly roundup of riveting Medium reads
It’s that time of the month again. Time for the Dillon Empire to scour the wilderness of Medium and dig for gems to include in my regular selection of articles that have particularly arrested my attention. The Imperial courts have settled on this lot as recommendations for your reading pleasure. You’re welcome. Moreover, if your work has been selected, you are both welcome and entitled to a certain quantity of smugness. After all, inclusion in these lists is prestigious. Why? Because I say it is. Revel in the joy of my approval and count yourself fortunate to be a recipient of my great beneficence.
Perhaps it would increase your smugness to learn, or be reminded, of that which earns Imperial censure: I do not tolerate hustle-bro scammers, earnings braggers, vacuous trend-chasers, the professionally offended, purveyors of apocalypse porn, sweeping statement clickbait, those who issue divisive, misanthropic tirades against entire people groups, and those with no experience or credentials who disseminate ill-informed advice. AI apologists are likewise banished from the realm, for there is no place for their excited embracing of creative atrophy within these hallowed columns.
If chosen for inclusion herein, you aren’t eligible for another Dillon Picks slot…