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In the past, buying and selling collectibles was full of friction. Now, there are vibrant, liquid marketplaces like Whatnot that make it easy to own these goods. More people can be an investor by making a smart bet on something they think will go up in value.

This is foremost because human beings are exquisitely sensitive to one another’s facial expressions. Authentic expressions of emotion are an intricate array of minute muscle contractions, particularly around the eyes and mouth, often subconsciously perceived, and essential to our understanding of one another. But those telling twitches all but disa... See more

Stories are a perfect compromise of ease of creation and richness of resulting media narrative.

Social media gives us addictive routine; constantly checking our phones, mindlessly scrolling, endlessly searching for new stimulation. In this way, it keeps us trapped in profane time. Endless cycles without much substance, a timelessness that isn’t full, but empty. Look up from a social media feed and you may have lost half an hour, but that half... See more

To acquire early customers, Composer is building a free backtesting tool to piggyback on an existing behavior: namely, sharing backtests on Reddit and in more verticalized finance networks like CommonStock, and group chats, where investment banter happens today.

This isn’t really anything novel. But in our hyper-digital age, how information is framed often matters more than the substance of that information itself.