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Decentralization is valuable when it lets you do new things fundamentally better, not old things fundamentally worse. Web3 advocates are trying to pick a fight with the most beloved products in the world while handicapping themselves with decentralized architectures. If you want to win a fist fight, you probably shouldn’t choose the strongest guy... See more

There's a need for a managed marketplace for fashion retailers to buy inventory from multiple suppliers. This would allow retailers to increase inventory and assortment while easily experimenting with new inventory. It would be especially powerful if you could enrich basic information, adding HD photos and product data.

Investor Dean Williams once said, “Expertise is great, but it has a bad side effect. It tends to create an inability to accept new ideas.”

Americans have come to define liberty “negatively, as lack of dependence, the right not to be obligated to others. Independence came to mean immunity from social claims on one’s wealth or time.” If this is how you conceive of liberty—as freedom from obligation—then the transition to parenthood is a dizzying shock. Most Americans are free to choose... See more

Some of these questions people could just type into Google. But the answers are more meaningful when they come from a trusted circle. And many inquiries aren’t about information: they are about sharing resources. When there is underlying trust, people become willing to offer up information that’s valuable, relational and risky: for example... See more

Here's the thing, though: people like links. So closed systems have to present a pressure release valve. Hashtags are a great way out.

In business, community can be a cheat code. And in fitness circles, it’s the holy grail.