Joe Stampone

The default answer, I’m afraid, is No. If you do nothing, you’re almost certainly going to get overrun. If you have an Atom Moat, then you stand a pretty good chance of weathering the storm, if you execute well. Just a chance, mind you: It’s a moat, not a force field. But atoms are a pretty good moat. If you make beer, or work with humans, or ship... See more

Improv at Scale

Anthropic’s Hive Mind is described by employees as “Yes, and...” style improvisational theater. Every idea is welcomed, examined, savored, and judged by the Hive Mind. It’s all based on vibes. There is no central decision-making authority. They are just trying everything, and when magic happens, they all just kind of realize it at... See more

In an age when outputs multiply endlessly and meaning feels scarce, where a million artificial distractions compete for our attention all at once, the hunger for real environments - for truth we can touch and feel - will only grow.

People will not starve for things to do. They will starve for places to be, to belong, to become.

Classical thinkers from Aristotle to Aquinas understood this clearly. We become what we attend to. Environments shape habits, and habits shape character. The places we live, work, and socialize are constantly making us into certain kinds of people, whether we notice or not.

At the end of the day, we still believe in aspiring to greatness. In measuring success by the quality of what we make, not the number of tasks completed.