Keely Adler

This is a concept some people call skill stacking, where you don't have to be the best at any particular thing, but you accumulate diverse experiences, then bring these unique skills that are ordinary in one area to some other area where they're extraordinary. It gives you a unique place and special power in your work.

The social scalability of an institutional technology depends on how that technology constrains or motivates participation in that institution. cultural and jurisdictional diversity of people who can beneficially participate in an institution is also often important, especially in the global Internet context. The more an institution depends on loca... See more

4) Embrace vulnerability to build genuine strength and confidence

A generalist species can live in a range of environments, utilizing whatever resources are available; A specialist species needs particular conditions to survive.

The point of the haul is novelty, abundance, proliferation. We all love to watch acquisition and permutation. Mix and match. I personally am very susceptible to an unboxing! I can’t help it! They are so engrossing! The stuff! The abundance!

But these tasks of meaning making require the small town, precisely, not to change too fast. Meanwhile, we demand that such places upend their entire local economy as soon as their fragile node in the regional economy is disrupted, often by some far-off decision over which the town had no control. It’s impossible. A place will certainly be grumpy i... See more