Sam Liebeskind

Managing up 101: Make it insanely easy to give you feedback. One of my direct reports sent this Slack DM and it's a masterclass in simple, direct communication. No guessing where to find docs. No follow-up questions on timing. No... See more

Perhaps what we are witnessing is the birth of a cosmopolis characterized by a vastly deeper and more comprehensive kind of fixity than that introduced by print technology. An articulation of civilizational memory so rich, deep, and alive, it constitutes something like a planetary awakening, not merely into a new consciousness, but a new memory of... See more

Perhaps this partly helps explain the sense of anger often seen among rural Americas. They have less local news — and don’t see themselves in their own media. Only 41% of those in rural areas said the local media mostly covered their communities; by contrast, 62% of urbanites said the local news had them covered. It’s likely that the decline of... See more

also think we need to learn to enjoy locality. Culture emerges from the connections between people, and I believe these are always strongest in person. Face-to-face cultural engagement is necessarily participatory, online cultural engagement rarely is. Nearly all of my most fulfilling and exciting experiences, those that have made me feel part of a

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Something that @jessepollak introduced to the @base team is "work zones," inspired by heart rate zones. It's been insanely helpful to clearly align the team, and balance the intensity of our work culture and sprints with important rest and recharge. As the year wraps up, the Base core... See more