Remind me Often
great article
Every major digital scenius to date formed on captured infrastructure. Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, crypto Twitter. The pattern repeats: a scene forms, generates cultural and cognitive surplus, the platform extracts it, then enforces legibility through metrics, feeds, and incentives. Thinkability collapses into optimization. The scene disperses or... See more
Scenius, Thinkability, and the First Non-Enclosable Scene
The founder’s question isn’t just “what problem am I solving?”
It’s “Can my users name this problem yet, or do I have to name it for them?”
If they can name it, you’re in a race. You need to be faster, better, and cheaper than the alternatives they already see.
If they can’t, you’re in a different game. Your first job isn’t building the product. It’s... See more
It’s “Can my users name this problem yet, or do I have to name it for them?”
If they can name it, you’re in a race. You need to be faster, better, and cheaper than the alternatives they already see.
If they can’t, you’re in a different game. Your first job isn’t building the product. It’s... See more
If It's Not Thinkable, Is It Really a Problem?
For example, given the worsening state of human rights in the USA, it is becoming less tenable for an organisation such as AIUK to host data in this jurisdiction.
Building a Community Platform
How is this a sentence in 2026 - it’s just soooo fucking depressing
The pivot
antipope.orgEnergy is the construct underlying anything and change is coming
The user who sat around being "chill" was removed from the gene pool by a leopard.
Understanding yourself isn't enough
blog.dougbelshaw.comFrom laura
People don’t have a strong intuitive sense of how much bigger 1 billion is than 1 million. 1 million seconds is about 11 days. 1 billion seconds is about 31.5 years.
Paul Franz [+]
via The Outline
Paul Franz [+]
via The Outline