startup society to be a new community built internet-first, premised on a societal critique of its parent community, and founded for the purpose of addressing that specific societal problem in an opt-in way

Michael Solana’s post JUMP is quite good on this topic.

Helix model: linear and cyclical history can coexist. From a progressive’s perspective, history is a linear trend, where the “arc of history” bends towards freedom, and where those against a given cause are on the wrong side of history34. Others think of history as cyclical, a constant loop where the only thing these technologists are doing is rein