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We are used to closed source companies capturing the value. Now, open-source protocols capture value. “This is the next phase of the internet after mobile” – Naval Ravikant

most Western social media apps must build a graph or die. This is because most of the most well-known Western social apps chose to interlace two things: the social graph and the content feed.

The possibilities are vast and unpredictable because the ways that we produce science and share it are evolving too. The best tools and incentives to review science are waiting to be discovered, created and adapted – and by investing in new teams and institutions, it’s time to set the scene to build them.

What’s happening: Under lockdown, outdoor activities like walking and biking were deemed essential. For transit, exercise, or mental health, the use of vacant sidewalks, empty streets, and secluded trails are the preferred means of socially distant activity.

We do this all the time: we attempt to reach the brain through the ears, but all we end up doing is vibrating the air. We try to convince students that math is fun by saying, “Hey students, math is fun!” We write blog posts about how a bad thing is actually good, or how good thing is actually bad, and we send them into the void. Airports still res

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Membership isn’t just “subscription by another name” (though it’s often referenced that way), or about giving consumers access to a product. It’s participation in a larger cause that reflects what they want to see in civil society. In membership, there’s a different social contract or value proposition between the site and its members.

Boomers and even older Millennials won’t be the early adopters of a transformative new platform. Just as my Pop Pop wasn’t among the first people to adopt the internet, and my mom wasn’t one of the first people on social media, I won’t be one of the first people in mirrorworld. Snapchat owns the people who will be: young Americans.