Aishwarya Goel

One framework for understanding the success of the internet is to view it through the lens of coordination. Fundamentally, we can reduce the success of the most valuable internet applications to their ability to more granularly coordinate human intents. Amazon coordinates commercial intents. Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter coordinate social... See more

The decentralization of physical infrastructure networks offers an opportunity to leapfrog atrophying incumbent monopolies and create networks that are more robust, easier to invest in, and more transparent.

The thing about assuming good intent is that it creates space for actual resolution. When you approach someone's difficult behavior as information rather than attack, you can respond from curiosity instead of defensiveness. You can ask questions instead of building cases. You can offer understanding instead of demanding explanations.

For me, when it comes to AI product design, this means personalization. We all like things that we help mold—including our copilots and agents and chatbots. More tools should be customized with personal preferences and styles, rather than monolithic feature sets. Maybe an email agent lets me customize it before I let it run loose in my inbox. And... See more

A Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) is any sufficiently decentralized network that uses cryptography and mechanism design to ensure a client can request physical services from a set of providers — breaking the natural monopoly and providing the benefits of competition.

don’t mean you’re crazy in the sense that you have a mental illness, although maybe you do. I mean crazy in the sense that you are far outside the norm in at least one way, and perhaps in many ways.

The most radical thing you can do in a culture obsessed with optimisation is to fully occupy your own choices . To be here instead of somewhere else. To do this instead of something better. To be satisfied with enough instead of always reaching for more.