Jay Matthews
@jaymatthews
Aspiring corporate anthropologist, investment ecologist, & data psycho-analyst; Workaholic in remission
Jay Matthews
The upside is so powerful that it often masks the downside, which is why so many people find themselves in a state of automaton conformity:
- we gain a community that (superficially) makes us feel secure; we do not feel isolated or out of place or weird;
- we are provided with (and rewarded for taking) shortcuts for what to believe in, what to do, and
sundus • I Am Me Before I Am Anything Else
What I’ve seen, over the last 12 years of doing this work, is people discovering that by telling their story and sharing their narrative, no matter how hard it may be, they are helping other people, and in helping other people, they’re healing themselves. And that seems like a physical law of our universe, almost.
Krista Tippett • “You are not alone across time.”
The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmereremergencemagazine.org
Future of Money and
The takeaway is that you can take it slow. Creating online, doing your own thing, and dabbling here and there might dramatically expand your possibilities in the future.
Paul Millerd • The Great Creator Arbitrage Opportunity | #200 🥳
thriving: what we do to make changes in our environment that matter to use for our thriving and those we are responsible for co-construction of work environment so that it produces resources in the doing of the work
- resources: individuals more control over
- positive emotions (resource!)
- sense of meaning
- positive relationships
Gretchen Spreitzer • Necessary Conversation with Gretchen Spreitzer- Thriving at Work
This is why science, as a mode of inquiry, is fundamentally antithetical to all monolithic intellectual systems. In a beautiful essay, Feynman (1999) talks about the hard-won "freedom to doubt." It was born of a long and brutal struggle, and is essential to a functioning democracy. Intellectuals have a solemn duty to doubt, and to teach doubt.... See more
Joshua M Epstein • Why Model? | Santa Fe Institute
“Frank is really collecting this kind of brainpower around him,” says Niemi. “He’s the attraction, the magnet who gets people to come together.”
Gabriel Popkin • The Universe According to Frank Wilczek - John Templeton Foundation
- 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
Get transported on a stunningly rendered, sci-fi safari through Planet City: an imaginary metropolis of 10 billion people, from the brain of director and architect Liam Young. Explore the potential outcomes of an urban space designed to house the entire population of the earth — and imagine answers to what is possible, and what is sustainable, for... See more