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Result: Aspiring entrepreneurs think these are the only two paths to startup success.

That brings us to the other aspect of the cultural touchpoint — tokens. Robux are tokens in a virtual economy, similar to tokens on a blockchain. By creating an ecosystem that runs on virtual tokens, Roblox is essentially priming our kids to understand the nuances of the token economy. The only difference right now is that they can’t purchase their... See more

No, my worry is that, especially now that you’re out of college, you won’t put enough really excellent stuff into your brain. I’m talking about what you might call the “theory of maximum taste.” This theory is based on the idea that exposure to genius has the power to expand your consciousness. If you spend a lot of time with genius, your mind will

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Being too ‘anti-modernity’/wanting to ‘retvrn’ is actually cowardice. Courage and hope are about living in the times we’re in and trying to make them better with an orientation toward the future.

Bret Victor: email (9/3/04)Interface matters to me more than anything else, and it always has. I just never realized that. I've spent a lot of time over the years desperately trying to think of a "thing" to change the world. I now know why the search was fruitless -- things don't change the world. People change the world by using things. The focus ... See more

But when determination, patience, and progress blend together, something amazing happens. The shape of the Great Plateau begins to change, and what was previously the flatness of despair shifts into an incline of hope. People really start to care, your audience regularly reaches out, and a viable career path emerges.

there’s simply no way around the fact that we’re pretty fed up with a certain philosophical framework in Silicon Valley. It has many names: the growth mindset. OKRs. KPIs. Even Minimalism — the predominant aesthetic of our era. But at its core, it all comes down to one thing: the relentless optimization of everything in our world.

this mindset has l... See more