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We are in the early stages of understanding how to fund writing. There is tension because we value good writing but don't want to pay for it or think it's the best business model.

“I’m very bullish on just general intelligence augmentation and ways for people to think about patterns of thought and unique UIs for running algorithms where you are the compiler” – Conor White-Sullivan

Our continual connection to social media makes us prone to new forms of viral emotional effects. These are not media designed for calm reflection.

The world is becoming more technologically complex, interdependent, and culturally diverse, which makes the building of relationships more and more necessary to get things accomplished and, at the same time, more difficult. Relationships are the key to good communication; good communication is the key to successful task accomplishment; and Humble

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- It took Tinder only a year to grow from 0 to 1 million paid subscribers

The solopreneur evangelists tell us that these practicalities will eventually fall into place if you just do good work. The logic of a thousand true fans also supports this view. But the leaders in the passion economy show us that it takes a certain kind of creativity, a kind of transmutable enthusiasm across genres to make these projects work... See more

Presently, the dominant blockchain/Web 3.0 application is decentralized finance, but I think it’s easier to see the value of where things are heading, and to allay worries about hype cycles, pyramid schemes and speculative bubbles, if we look past the purely financial stuff. Once you start to dig into some of the applications that venture... See more