Tech and Society

Software projects can be thought of as having two distinct stages: figuring out what to build (build the right product), and building it (building the product right). The first stage is dominated by product discovery, and the second stage is all about execution

The modern world has made huge advances in knowledge, technology, and skill. We can build faster than ever. We know more than ever. Yet quality still feels so rare. So many things feel unfinished, broken, or forgettable. Why? → https://t.co/gfZewHEavw https://t.co/aXTFsnCkpN

The most important question for me is, "How do I want to spend my days?" And the answer is: I want to spend my time thinking, creating, and ideating with a small group of people to build a beautiful, creative, values-aligned business. I am not interested in 14-hour work days, back-to-back meetings that deplete my energy, can’t catch a breath to-do... See more

If there’s one thing that work taught me, it’s that technology only becomes meaningful when culture adopts it.

The “machine” is not the problem. The problem is our formation—whether we enter into relationship with these tools as children of God or as anxious, mimetic animals trying to become gods ourselves

The companies that win in the context era won’t be the ones with the best algorithms or the most data. They’ll be the ones users actually want to share their lives with – the ones that prove they understand the cultural and personal significance of what they’re being trusted to steward.