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The irony is that people can get some of their most important work done outside of work, when they’re free to think and ponder. The struggle is that we take time off maybe once a year, without realizing that time to think is a key element of many jobs, and one that a traditional work schedule doesn’t accommodate very well.

A new business model for building a city: Instead of owning specific pieces of land, you own equity in the entire city. This way, you have equity alignment with everyone else in the city.

Sometimes, this world is tough because we shame and diminish ordinary … We chase extraordinary moments instead of being grateful for ordinary moments until hard shit happens. Then, in the face of the really hard stuff—illness, death, loss—the only thing we’re begging for is a normal moment.

Ezra: Even if that's true, if Bitcoin were made by someone who had control over it, if the ownership structure were different, they would try to change that sooner.

These tools make it possible, for the first time, to effectively get work done without physical co-location — at scale. The last truly significant fixed cost for many startups today is an office lease. Multiple scaled startups (Automattic, Zapier, Invision, Gitlab) have demonstrated the fully remote model, negating the need for an expensive office ... See more

As someone raising a Series A, you should be prepared to answer the following questions: