Ian Vanagas
@ianvanagas
Writing about internet communities, products, creation, and crypto.
Ian Vanagas
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Consumer Social and
The more I examined these efforts at sedentarization, the more I came to see them as a state’s attempt to make a society legible, to arrange the population in ways that simplified the classic state functions of taxation, conscription, and prevention of rebellion. Having begun to think in these terms, I began to see legibility as a central problem i... See more
Venkatesh Rao • A Big Little Idea Called Legibility
If you’re familiar with the “Great Filter”; this is our great filter. If we go inward, we will never find that intelligent life beyond, or won’t be around for that intelligent life to find us.
Jake Cooper • The Inward Draw of Capitalism
Information bankruptcy can’t be fully solved, but it can be managed.
Ian Vanagas • Community Information Bankruptcy
Gamifying of apps means companies can't make products look better, so they are tapping into your human biology and psychology.
Invest like the Best • Gabriel Leydon - Designing Digital Economies - Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Futureland
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