Sam Liebeskind

On the time YC cofounder @jesslivingston tore me a new one and changed the future org structure of Ramp: At YC, we attended weekly office hours where every startup shared 1/ their weekly growth %, 2/ their biggest problem, and 3/ what they were doing to solve it. That week in summer 2015 our... See more

Max Weber introduced a three-fold typology of legitimacy, the sentiments that get people to acquiesce to authority, especially regarding rules or commands they may dislike or disagree with.[viii] For most of human history, the most common kinds of authority have been traditional or charismatic. Traditional authority appeals to the “eternal... See more

It is because a universal public square cannot be a community that the parameters of the online speech debate are stuck. The conflict between the “marketplace of ideas” framework and the “communal norms” framework seems irresolvable because it is irresolvable.

Jerry ended up buying 6 ads he could use any time in the next 6 months. And for this privilege, he paid me $500.

Without trust in the decision-maker, trust in the process breaks down, and the only important question becomes, “Who decides?”

We have allowed today’s students to speed along the information superhighway without so much as a driver’s permit.