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How much more could be accomplished if knowledge were not fragmented and in the possession of a thousand private gatekeepers?

Brave thing I heard in a board meeting this week: “I don’t know if we have a good answer to that, yet.” Admitting you *don’t know* the answer is hugely productive. We’re trying to find, together, the important things we don’t know the answers to Striking how rarely it is said

Perhaps Dixon is right that Web 3.0 will play a role in the future of online creative careers, but it’s also clear that Ball and Enjeti, Hilton Carter, Maria Popova, and any number of successful podcasters didn’t depend on a technological breakthrough of this magnitude to put Kelly’s theory into practice right now. The key to their success seems in... See more

Successfully building a consumer product in web3 after many years in web2 requires consciously undoing some fairly deep habits. The fun part is that web3 work is less about tricks to unlock user motivation, so the undoing feels great. Here are the big ones I've learned so far:

Philanthropic foundations bias heavily towards granting large $ amounts exclusively to organizations (not individuals), meaning there are few existing avenues to fund promising people.

It creates demand and decides who gets the rewards based on listening behavior. The revenue to share comes from either subscriptions or advertising.