Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product partnerships at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
21 best ideas in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on Self Reliance (via justin murphy)
Most people do not trust their own beliefs. The essence of genius is simply to trust yourself—to infer that whatever seems most true in your heart is most true in reality—and for everybody else, too, despite whatever they may claim.
There is hardly anything more painful
Participants report that talking to the system’s chatbots is “freeing” and rewarding. In one example, a student who interacts with a “teacher” chatbot is asked to share their stories or memories of interacting with teachers. Based on what the student shares, the “teacher” bot might respond, “Sometimes I don’t effectively listen to what my students... See more
Alex Pentland • Rediscovering the Pleasures of Pluralism: The Potential of Digitally Mediated Civic Participation — Digitalist Papers
experimental social network design and AI for social cohesion
“School of Possibilities” public engagement / research methodology; chatbots representing objects/entities in the school system
This might suggest that decentralization itself is not actually of immediate practical or pressing importance to the majority of people downstream, that the only amount of decentralization people want is the minimum amount required for something to exist, and that if not very consciously accounted for, these forces will push us further from rather... See more
moxie.org • My First Impressions of Web3
Protostars | Blackbird Foundation's Early-Stage Founder Community
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Childhood and school & learning
On school, growing up, and agency
When you wait, you lose momentum. And momentum is incredibly powerful because when you’re inspired, you act—and you do it with enthusiasm.
Erifili Gounari • literally just do things
“Pick a lane, and fill it” - Tony Stubblebine
Groupvibe | Make Friends & Meet New People
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