Leo Guinan
@leoguinan
Leo Guinan
At large scales, average anything goes to zero.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future • Trust Economies - The Future of Social Networks
Damn, that’s a big truth.
Algorithms are simply subsystems of the companies that create them, so when we want to examine the systems we use and are a part of, it is an extremely helpful lens to use.
Introduction to Abundant Systems
Algorithms can be analyzed through the lens of systems
First, there’s the energy of the old story . It’s animated by a clear-eyed awareness of the injustice and suffering woven through the status quo. Old story energy is fire, anger, urgency, compassion. It’s what emerges when the veil is lifted on the inner workings of our disquiet, and you see what you’re fighting against. You’ve met the enemy, and... See more
manifesto energy
This is the old economic models, the value of money over people, the value of data over beauty. Banks and insurance companies profiting on the suffering of people. Making everything look the same. Like money.
Friendships provide a safe place to be vulnerable, uncomfortable, ask “stupid questions,” and genuinely contribute to each other’s development, empathy, and understanding.
Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships
I buy products based on rational understanding of their benefits and drawbacks.
Fred Kozlowski • Marketing for the Skeptical Engineer
Money is an important heuristic for groups to measure their capacity to support their work properly and not burn people out. Money is not the be all end all, but people get really put off by how it's been so co-opted by the capitalist, extractive system that we're trying to escape. My theory of change is, instead of running away from it, we need to... See more
Divya Siddarth • Building Capacity for Exit to Community
In early 2021, while most founders were chasing quick exits, I was laying the foundation for something more sustainable. The digital fingerprints are clear in my content DNA—establishing values and identity wasn't just personal branding. It was memetic groundwork.
The Time Architect: From Building in Public to Bending Time
What we value and Economics of Human Energy
What’s your content DNA look like?
This is the paradox of our time: the very tools designed to free us from labor are trapping us in an endless cycle of escalating work.
Tina He • Jevons Paradox: A personal perspective
What we value and
Yes.
Socrates said that manual laborers make bad friends and bad citizens because they have no time to fulfill the responsibilities of friendship and citizenship.