Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product strategy at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
"When you throw trash on the ground, you apparently don't see yourself as truly belonging in the world that you're walking around in. And when you fraudulently claim money from the government, you are ultimately stealing from your friends, family, and neighbors - or somebody else's friends, family, and neighbors" - Tribe, Sebastian Junger (p.112)
The resulting problems are not primarily problems of disinformation, though disinformation plays some role. They are the problems you get when large swathes of the public sphere are exclusively owned by wannabe God-Emperors. Elon Musk owns X/Twitter outright. Mark Zuckerberg controls Meta through a system in which he is CEO, chairman and effective... See more
Henry Farrell • We're Getting the Social Media Crisis Wrong
civic renewal will hinge in the end on whether a critical mass of citizens come to recognize that they can best serve their own interests by associating with others to realize shared goals.
Daniel Stid • Top Down Democratic Decline vs. Bottom Up Civic Renewal: Eight Working Hypotheses
If democracy is this challenge of people coming together to figure out the kind of shared lives they want to forge, then the behaviors that they use to negotiate difference are going to flow from the commitments they have to each other. So when my husband and I fight, we fight like we want to stay married. We may deeply disagree about things, but... See more
The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
Casper ter Kuilegoodreads.com
...is what approach you use to *acquire customers at scale.*
Meaning, what's your *distribution* insight?
Not just your product insight.
Because if you build something good, often they will not simply come.
Julian Shapirox.com