Daring to Create

Yesterday the French daily newspaper L’Opinion published a series of essays in celebration of its 3000th issue. I was honored to include my perspective on what it means to “dare” in 2025. I’m happy to share an English translation here.

Daring is often seen as an act of defiance, of standing firm in the face of fear. But in 2025, perhaps the greatest dare is letting go. Letting go of fixed identities. Letting go of what made us successful in the past. 

Only then can we create what’s next.

In a world where everyone has access to the superpowers of AI, the people who thrive won’t necessarily be the ones with the most resources or the deepest expertise, but the ones who are adaptable enough to reinvent themselves and dare to create, regardless of circumstances. New technologies have had this effect throughout history. Not long ago, mobile revolutionized how we communicate, consume, and engage with nearly every aspect of daily life. I was working at Facebook at the time, and was put in charge of revamping our entire monetization strategy for mobile, which required letting go of all pre-existing notions of what ads should be. The companies that adapted unlocked entirely new possibilities. Those who didn’t aren’t here to tell the tale. 

Now AI is triggering an even more profound transformation. To navigate this shift, we’ll need to embrace new tools and rethink what defines us. We are not the sum of our past experiences or current skill sets; we are the creators of an infinite set of future possibilities. When we embrace that mindset, daring comes naturally. 

Creation, at its core, is about agency. In a world where so much is out of our hands, creation is how we take our power back. We can’t control our circumstances, but we can create within them. And with AI tools breaking down the barriers between vision and creation — helping anyone write, code, design or build whatever they dream of at a speed that was never possible before — the question is no longer, Can I? but Will I? 

What could be more daring?

So let’s not hold on to what was. Let’s root our identity in our creative power and our capacity to grow. Let’s use these to dare to create something much better than we can imagine today.