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In the early internet when it was more about creativity and the money wasn't involved, in some ways it was really bad because people were creating for free and there wasn't economic opportunities, many of which have been incredibly liberatory, but it did allow for less pressure .
The stakes were just so much lower so you could just have a little bit... See more
The stakes were just so much lower so you could just have a little bit... See more
Matt Klein • Extremely Online ft. Taylor Lorenz: The History of Creators, Influence & The Social Internet
“So much of the loneliness we’re experiencing is the result of multiple social scaffoldings collapsing into each other at the same time; a single start-up alone won’t really fix friendship for us, just as retail therapy won’t really fix our depression. Instead, maybe we fix the scaffolding problem with a scaffolding solution. Many behaviors and
... See more"The way I think about coaching is very much how I think about parenting. Your ability to drive change is down to the quality of your relationship, not your hierarchy.
"When your kids are two years old, you say, 'Don't do that!' You're a benevolent dictator. But you have to be careful because when they're 25, you have very little authority over
... See moreI think ownership is overrated - there is a certain kind of person who sees something and whose first reaction is "i want to own it", ownership as a means to accrue value leads to a community of vultures; instead of ownership, we should think about "contribution" as the primitive
ruby justice thelot • Tweet
Above all, people need agency. They need to feel in control. Sometimes, that means designing for subversive behavior. I mean, isn't the most fun often had when you're breaking rules? But this is enormously difficult in software, where you must design almost everythingfrom scratch. Unlike life, you don't get a common repertoire of actions for free –... See more
XH • Internet Playgrounds
the world contains many kinds of infinities and so much nonsense, that when you find something that means something in this chaos, realize what incredible luck it is to encounter something so so rare and beautiful.
kerls • #021 - luck in infinities
