Matt Klein

When hierarchy and status are removed via anonymity, we’re at peace knowing the recommender has nothing to gain. As a result, participation is perceived as low-stakes, unbiased and selfless. There’s no ulterior motive. They have nothing to gain. And they answer honestly because when it’s their turn to ask for advice, they want an honest answer too.... See more

By accepting the inevitability of mortality, society is able to refocus and contemplate humanity in a whole new light.

" You never change things by fighting the existing reality. T o change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

Buckminster Fuller

Miquela is a caricature of many users’ own Insta presence. We strive for and fawn over her exaggerated life, but ignore the warning: it’s not real.

Just as every decade can be defined by a fashion or musical style, looking back at our 2020s from the future, what will we yearn for?

Is there anything to iterate upon if our moment is already defined by prior generations’ sensibilities?

The maps of the world drawn by the medieval cartographers were so hopelessly inaccurate, so filled with factual error, that they elicit condescending smiles today when almost the entire surface of the earth has been charted. Yet the great explorers could never have discovered the New World without them. Nor could the better, more accurate maps of t

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Play for play sake. And learn for learn sake. When was the last time you did anything purposelessly?

Religion’s our current salvation for connection – an opportunity to transcend ourselves, link arms with like-minded users, and rekindle our spirituality in sync.

Reminder: Lots of Connections ≠ Lots of Friends