Jay Matthews

@jaymatthews

Aspiring corporate anthropologist, investment ecologist, & data psycho-analyst; Workaholic in remission

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It also becomes a bit more performative. Which again is fine. Nothing wrong with that. But we shouldn't hide away from this fact.

Rosieland • Building in community

Throughout history, people have risked death for the ability to share their ideas. Now almost everyone has unfettered access to the internet and most people are sitting there and thinking “eh, I’m good.” People will look back at us and wonder what the hell was wrong with us.

Paul Millerd • The Great Creator Arbitrage Opportunity | #200 🥳

Platform durability: wide range of apps with low revenue concentration

Creator Economics: convert users to creators then retain and increase engagement

Growth Flywheel: virtuous cycle where more creation drives more revenue and a better product

Rex Woodbury • The Building Blocks of Tech

empowerment levers:

decision making discretion — autonomy, freedom, voice is important!

when info is shared, that builds trust

not incivility, positive organisations

performance feedback

Gretchen Spreitzer • Necessary Conversation with Gretchen Spreitzer- Thriving at Work

Argues that everyone models, some just do so explicitly and others fool themselves into thinking that they do not model. The author provides compelling reasons for why modelling is important and why people should engage in people. (good companion for Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, very relevant for corporate environments). Core arguments... See more

Joshua M Epstein • Why Model? | Santa Fe Institute

For a long time their relationship operated on a contract of mutuality. They were not to express feelings or needs that exceeded what they had been allocated. They were not to be irrational, insensitive, or greedy. Now, however, they both were making strong claims. They made demands on each other that they didn’t want to give up on. There was a lot... See more

Esther Perel • Mating in Captivity

A community built blueprint to help new people, a sort of Web3 Wiki for onboarding. Featuring:

Khufu • A Web3 Blueprint

Writing, art, creation: this is smithwork. You set your fire; you use your bellows, your pen, your paper, to heat it to the right temperature. You set your base metal in the flames, heat it until it is white. Then you begin your transformation.

Paul Kingsnorth • The Great Work: Alchemy and the Power of Words – Paul Kingsnorth

“The tenant’s visiting card is his window-pane.”