Andrew McCluskey

Take decentralized networks, which promised to shift power from tech giants back to users. The vision was beautiful: creators and contributors would finally capture the value they generate. But many crypto networks revealed how quickly noble intentions can unravel. What started as a grassroots movement to build community-owned wireless networks... See more

Why don’t you charge per person?

When we started looking at shared inboxes for our own team, we were shocked at how expensive they’d be for 6 people. For small teams, charging per person can often mean only some people get invited to join, and information gets siloed to a select few.

We’re not in the business of selling seats. We’re in the business... See more

Complex cultural ecosystems with many sub-units provide inherent sources of novelty for the mainstream — e.g. minority cultures, subcultures, and countercultures create new conventions with potential to provide stimulation to mainstream individuals.

My generic career advice for young people is that if at all possible, you should aim to work on something that no one has a word for. Spend your energies where we don’t have a name for what you are doing, where it takes a while to explain to your mother what it is you do. When you are ahead of language, that means you are in a spot where it is

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