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Tech’s Two Philosophies
A decade ago, I was only a couple of years into my venture career. I believed that growth and progress were synonymous – in an industry where scale was the ultimate target, platforms that achieved it were glorified. A decade later, I have learned that success is more nuanced, and we have to take accountability for the outcomes we encourage. New... See more
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures)
This is how technology should work: starting with a human need, and a purpose, technology should extend outwards with the intent of expanding the human, not confining or reducing.
John Borthwick • Building bicycles for our minds
A subtext to last week’s article, Tech’s Two Philosophies, was the idea that there is a difference between Aggregators and Platforms; this was the key section:It is no accident that Apple and Microsoft, the two “bicycle of the mind” companies, were founded only a year apart, and for decades had broadly similar business models: sure, Microsoft... See more