Ian Vanagas
@ianvanagas
Writing about internet communities, products, creation, and crypto.
Ian Vanagas
One thing that sets these intensely creative individuals apart, as far as I can tell, is that when sitting with their thoughts they are uncommonly willing to linger in confusion.To be curious about that which confuses.
Henrik Karlsson • Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born
Ideas are alien life forms with an agency and intelligence independent of any mind or substrate which they inhabit.
Roger's Bacon • Ideas are Alive and You are Dead
We are in the age of hyper-competition. Being a big spender is a seductive way to make you feel like you belong.
Invest like the Best • Gabriel Leydon - Designing Digital Economies - Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Community Design and
#361: Jim Collins — A Rare Interview with a Reclusive Polymath - The Tim Ferriss Show
pca.stCreativity and
The stories create demand and the NFTs provide the scarcity. Scarcity helps enable status.
Ian Vanagas • NFTs Are All About Access
Just as important as the ability to share content itself is the ability to easily share how something is made. The most common remixed media is all visual; meme templates lay out the recognizable format and it’s intuitively obvious how to change them into messages that suit your niche or community.
Anton Troynikov • Remixable Software - Guest Post
I turn down almost all of these Zoom invitations. Too many of them embody presentations, and I prefer more interactive modes.