# @thehubbengaluru on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdCAxzvEgZA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70315169-thehubbengaluru-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-08T15:30:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Hub Bengaluru (@thehubbengaluru) — https://gondola.cc/thehubbengaluru

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@rajshamani wrote about why we keep craving validation even when we intellectually know it doesn’t define our worth.

I agree with more of the essay than I disagree with.

But living as Resident #001 inside @thehubbengaluru has me testing a slightly different hypothesis:

Maybe the goal isn’t to stop needing humans. Maybe the goal is to become much more intentional about which humans get a vote.

Validation from strangers can become theatre. 

Validation from the right peer can become calibration. 

Validation from a community that has watched you struggle, build, fail and try again can become accountability.

So I’m not trying to become validation-independent.

I’m trying to become validation-selective.

You don’t need less validation. You need a better jury.

Whose opinion has earned a vote in your life? 

Tag one person whose validation you actually trust. Then send this to someone who is letting the wrong jury decide their worth.

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Source: Raj Shamani, “Why are you so addicted to validation even when you know it means nothing?”

Resident Reacts #001 · THB Frontier Human Lab

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