Leo Guinan
@leoguinan
Leo Guinan
In a world of abundance, scarcity evolves. While pre-internet scarcity was about a physically constrained, or otherwise limited, number of resources, post-internet scarcity is about separating signal from noise.
Erik Torenberg • The Hunter Economy
Scarcity only evolves in a scarce system experiencing abundance. Abundance evolves in an abundant system experiencing abundance. In an abundant system experiencing scarcity, what happens? Current belief: abundance evolves from scarcity.
Work makes a mockery of freedom.
Bob Black • The Abolition of Work
Productivity and
Instead of competing in the algorithmic feeds, create the content that is the most uniquely yours. Create the content you are interested in creating. Share your story. Share what is uniquely you. Fuck the algorithm.
Leo Guinan • The Build In Public Manifesto
The Problem With Measuring The Outcomes of Systems
Down with the algorithm
“Your generosity is more important than your perfection.”
–Seth Godin
–Seth Godin
Curtis Ogden • Principles for Network Thinking and Action
Publishing and
We often think of language as a means to an end, but rarely take the time to consider whether language in itself is influencing our thoughts, not just enabling the sharing of them.
Steph Smith • Gaining Perspective Through Untranslatable Words
Does language influence our thoughts? How can we minimize (or maximize) that influence?
A large portion of users said they would pay money for TikTok and Instagram to not exist, suggesting these products have negative utility for many people.
Jonah Peretti • The Anti-SNARF Manifesto
What we value and
Economic Bizzaro World now in play
Abundant Systems beat scarce systems