Leo Guinan
@leoguinan
Leo Guinan
Most people are creatures of habit and comfort. We don't want to take unnecessary risks, which may involve time, effort, or even ridicule from other people.The safest choice is usually to stick with the status quo.But as a creator, we are constantly trying to compel people to take some sort of action – which means we are inviting them to take risk.... See more
Jay Clouse • How to look more legitimate
"Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer" is actually an excellent and life-affirming attitude
Divya Venn • Tweet
Human Insurance and
This is incredible
The best manifestos have one thing in common—they feel utterly and viscerally alive .
manifesto energy
How can I make this manifesto feel fully alive?
That means there are three main components to identify when looking at a system: the people, the interaction (i.e. the sharing of information), and the shared context (i.e. what that group of people have in common).
Introduction to Abundant Systems
Abundant Systems and Engineering Generosity
Breaking down a system - look at the 3 components
I could write an entire blog post on this point alone. In fact, I did earlier this year! I truly believe that obsessing over design is one of the two most common traits I see among successful creators.
Jay Clouse • How to look more legitimate
An abundant system is a system in which any individual in a system acting to achieve their own goals does not negatively impact the other participants’ pursuit of their goals. Another way of saying this is that the system isn’t a zero-sum game.
Introduction to Abundant Systems
A PM I once worked with was struggling to persuade somebody of something. I told him to ask them the question, “What data would I have to show you to get you to change your mind?” If they didn’t have a clear answer, then he would know this was an idea they held on faith, a bit like a religious belief. No amount of data can sway a person from their... See more
Deb Liu • Changing Your Mind
Faith requires less energy than change
Kindness isn’t always easy or obvious, because the urgent race to the bottom, to easily measured metrics and to scarcity, can distract us. But bending the arc toward justice, toward dignity and toward connection is our best way forward.
Seth Godin • Three types of kindness
Engineering Generosity and Abundant Systems
Seth has a lot of good ideas on this. Should tie in to his ideas more.
If hazards stop being rare, stop being predictable, and/or produce damages that aren’t easily reparable (or suggest that a building should not be rebuilt in that location), the existing market structures for both property insurance and property more broadly won’t work.
Home Insurance is a Really Big Problem
This is a broken assumption of the insurance market. It’s based on money, not security. The problem is that we don’t organize the problem correctly. We don’t need to protect against specific kinds of events. We need to protect specific people. Everyone is worth protecting. What if insurance was designed to help us figure out exactly how valuable everyone was to protect and to who?
The model flips and the math is way easier.