Ben Cuan
@bencuan
trying to understand the internet
Ben Cuan
bencuan.me
When I write about my very specific problems I trust that the reader can generalize to their situation - and they can. It also empowers them because they have to arrive at their own conclusions which is good.
Henrik Karlssonx.comBut true art is disinterested. True art doesn’t care to be appreciated, obsessed over with, or owned. It holds a certain self-respect that knows enough of its own value to not plea for attention.
Wendi Yan • An Artist in Crypto
C.S. Lewis on the value of starting where you are:
“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
Many of the most interesting innovations revolve around novel production, funding, and ownership models that shift the balance of power toward workers and ordinary people. Commons-based peer production (CBPP), the system that produced critical open infrastructure such as Wikipedia and Linux, involves a large volunteer community supported by smaller... See more
⚡️ Take Back the Future!
Many people treat ideation like polishing a gemstone. They become protective of the thing that brought them into -1 to 0 or overly attached to the first shiny object they discover. This is not the time to fixate—focus comes later. Early on, you are probably polishing a rock.