manifesto craft

notes on writing manifestos that light both yours and readers’ hearts on fire

No change, however evil, is introduced without its being presented as an unimpeachable good.

Can you still be human?

You need a point of view. Something you stand for. Something you believe that others don’t. Something you see that others are blind to. That’s the writing that spreads and makes a difference.

David Perell • Tweet

The startup is a song, not a fixed story. New movements arise, old ones fade, new harmonies join. A manifesto is great way to coalesce the current movement but it must be a living document.

Clint Watson • Tweet

Remember that to always be rebelling against a thing is still to be controlled by it.

Amanda Fortini • Tweet

The problem with raging against the machine is that the machine has learned to feed off rage

Liv Boeree • Tweet

When you make something for someone else, you get glimpses. When you make something for you, you get goosebumps.

Julian Hanna • The 10 Things All Great Manifestos Need

A startup is a story The story is useful because it brings people to work towards something together The story is limiting because employees let it dictate what they can and cannot do The story isn't real - a startup is just people and what they choose to do... See more

Erez Druk x.com

Gravitas: “I care, and it’s important.” Sermons, manifestos.

Self-deprecation: “I care, but it’s not important.” Hobbies, fandoms, being nerdsniped, “merely” personal wishes.

Irreverence: “It’s important, but I don’t care.” Edgy jokes, shitposts, grifts, procrastination.

Disdain: “It’s not important and I don’t care.” Actual indifference/silence;... See more