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You do not build a community around a currency. You build a currency around connecting communities

Now imagine a world in which this was not only a system-level setting, but an API as well. So all those services that already do this — the Kindles of the world, but also the Pockets, Instapapers, and Mediums — could tap into this functionality as well to further augment it. Hell, maybe even Microsoft Word and Google Docs and the like.

That’s the question Zoom and all its competitors haven’t really asked. Zoom has done a good job of asking why it was hard to get into a call, but hasn’t really asked why you’re in the call in the first place. Why, exactly, are you sending someone a video stream and watching another one? Why am I looking at a grid of little thumbnails of faces? Is t... See more

No amount of time in a conference room will make the future clearer than actually making the future.

One of the most insidious effects of algorithmic curation is its redefinition of success. In the pre-digital age, greatness was measured by critical acclaim, cultural impact, or historical longevity. Today, it is measured by metrics: views, likes, shares, and subscriptions.

This shift has profound implications for creators. To succeed in an algorith... See more