Ian Vanagas

Choice architecture (described as “Libertarian Paternalism” by its advocates) seems to merely dress up authoritarian high-modernism with a thin coat of caution and empirical experimentation. The basic and dangerous “I am more scientific/rational than thou” paternalism is still the central dogma.

When things are innovative, nobody really cares what they look like. 

An accurate definition of an internet “creator” would have to be: someone whose income is determined by a platform’s algorithms.

Jim prepares well for conversations, predicts what people are going to ask, always has something to say.

Vitalik famously said “even a billion dollars of capital cannot compete with a project having a soul.”