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Here's the simplest way I can think of to explain why it's so hard to sort and search through all your streaming services: Almost nobody wants you to be able to do that. Netflix wants users to open Netflix, then watch whatever Netflix Original its algorithms think they'll like. (That's why you won't find Netflix in the Apple TV app, for instance.) ... See more

As much as we criticize the current system, we work hard to succeed to acquire the status it unlocks. Status is one of the main reasons why degrees from a handful of selective top-branded universities, which are only accessible after students have gone through at least 12 years of the factory-model education, still attract the majority of the stude... See more

Bringing non-designers into the process is what gives designers a seat at the table of product and business decisions.

Users don’t just want a decentralized version of an existing social network. What users really want from a new social network is status or entertainment, along with the benefits that decentralization offers. Any new network must offer a compelling way to achieve both, or it will face an uphill battle to get off the ground.

Token Governance means all holders need to vote in order to effect change. This is “positive consent” in the sense that enough stakeholders need to actively approve a new proposal. It functions as an Executive Branch, maintaining full authority over all other components of the system.

Zuck Has Too Much Power. If you think he’s an evil sociopath, that’s bad. But if you think he’s also a genius with a hard-to-grasp, long-term vision, that’s really good.

While Mark Zuckerberg believes he is best placed to homestead the metaverse, he may be surprised to find a thriving, indigenous species has already taken hold: Discord. More than any other business, the company is truly “metaverse native,” unwittingly built for the future. First designed for gamers — the metaverse’s pioneers — time has allowed it t... See more

The other appealing thing about DAOs — and what makes them superior to the web2 model I discussed above — is they remove the misalignment between the company and the network by eliminating the company altogether and shifting the economic and governance rights to the network... We like to say instead of “don’t be evil” it’s “can’t be evil.” Instead ... See more

-Write down a shortlist of problems that seem exciting-Leave 1-3 most exciting and tractable problems via pairwise comparison of problems from the shortlist (like how tournaments decide on which team is the most “exciting”)-Start learning everything you need to start working on the problem viaMOOCs-email professors at your local university asking f... See more