sari

It was interesting for me to observe how friendships disintegrated because I can no longer relate to my work. A large part of it was due to my own effort to distance myself, but I still observed how there used to be countless requests to meet up for coffee (sometimes to “pick my brain”) that dwindled once people realised I was no longer interested ... See more

My thesis is “If there’s valuable information in people’s heads, it’ll eventually be on the internet”.

Providing this acknowledgement for the people you love is something that I think we could all get better at. Validating the other person’s perspective, reacting and explaining your own, maybe sending a smile. Just like the silence in Wong Kar-Wai’s corridor scene, it’s not just about what is said, it’s about what is unsaid: I see you, I’m here for ... See more

DAOs are hard to build because we're using the wrong mental models Stop using: - Decentralized protocols - Permissionless networks Start using: - Self-managing orgs - Sociocracy - Co-ops The human layer requires different mental models than the computational layer

In order to responsibly develop new technologies, it is critical to ask “how will this be used for evil?”

If you want to understand what someone’s yearning for, ask: What is the thing you’re deeply missing?

With this in mind, as with every platform, there exists a constant tension between value creation and value extraction. Substack is no exception to this. Virtually all the large platforms of today started off by initially focusing on value creation for their users and enabling them to succeed. Once users were successful and dependent on the platfor... See more