Crypto & NFT architecture is at risk of centralization from:- myopic stakeholders (gov't, big tech)- terrifyingly bad UI for mass self-custody (scam vulnerability)
Some people have told me I’m not doing enough—that I should publish more, react to breaking news, tweet every day, start a podcast. But to what end? More subscribers but less pride in my work? Host a podcast but constantly cringe because it’s not really me?
I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but there seems to be an assumption now that if you... See more
Slack is already a top quartile SaaS company trading like a bottom quartile SaaS company because of that age-old worry that “Microsoft will just crush it.”
Many of the best and most spiritually nourishing things in life are all too often rendered invisible by the tyrannies of time, money and force of habit.
web3 protocols enable two types of decentralized ownership:
#1: ownership of content (tokens, NFTs, data)
#2: ownership of the protocol itself
controversies about VCs owning web3 are *all* about #2—fair enough.
but don't forget #1 is revolutionary... See more
Equally important was our practice of giving every full-time employee an interview every six months. At Stanford I’d been taught that employees never organize because of money: they organize because of un-listened-to grievances. We set up a program under which each employee (including some part-timers) was interviewed, not by the immediate... See more