Power to the People

I like thinking small. I like thinking of my reader as an individual.

And even if I did this out of sheer stubbornness at first, I’ve come to think this is exactly the strategy for creatives in the current moment.

There are now so many tools for people who want to bypass the system. Almost none of them existed when I started my lonely path as a... See more

A firm’s brand as a proxy for a person’s reputation was born out of laziness and lack of access to data. No doubt, top talent enjoys working together, but it’s no longer a necessity. You are seeing this in spades right now within venture capital, as individual investors are banding together to support entrepreneurs who would prefer a group of... See more

We no longer learn about the world from institutions, or even the illusion of them. We learn about the world from people we care about. This binds our sense of truth to tribal identity, and that is a powerful, fundamentally emotional connection.

“Most of the wonderful places in the world were not made by architects but by the people.”

- Christopher Alexander

As the old institutions continue to crumble, the most independent minds and high-agency private networks will continue to fill the vacuum.