Ian Vanagas

He defines creative activities is anything helping create something new and lasting.

The number of them that actually learn all the important stuff in under a month is zero. The number of them that have a self-guided strategy to learn what is relevant is almost zero.

We are in the age of hyper-competition. Being a big spender is a seductive way to make you feel like you belong.

Every project provides a story about the access they provide. The projects and communities that succeed create the best stories about why their access is most valuable.

Ideally digital experiences would be created where people are  communicating more, building bonds, and undergoing emotions like excitement, anxiousness, and disappointment. Ultimately, it provides the environment to create memorable moments and develop relationships with friends beyond what could happen in group chats.  

We are on a trend “inward”, where capital, our proxy for GDP, is better served deployed into things that generate more capital, instead of things that generate production.

Perhaps no other civilization, either in antiquity or today, was so fond of legible and governable social realities (than the Roman empire).

Jim met with Peter Drucker and spent the next two days afterwards writing. He felt it was a responsibility to do the work afterwards