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Research questions that could have a big social impact, organised by discipline

A laptop operates the same whether it is open on a desk in an office or on a bench in a park. But human brains aren’t like that—they are exquisitely sensitive to context. One of the most fertile and fruitful places to “think with” is nature. That’s because, over eons of evolution, our brains were tuned to the kind of sensory information available

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The easiest way to onboard your first community members is to create a Telegram or a Geneva group. Discord and Slack are also reasonable solutions but are more useful at a later stage when you need to create different channels around different subjects.

It still services the core Zara customer (trend-chasing, deal-seeking), but it adds aspirational dimension to their consumption. Getting a $9 turtleneck feels more aspiring with Sasha Pivovarova’s editorial next to it.

Crucially, another freelancer marketplace could set everything up that Braintrust has done not on the blockchain. However, this would miss the narrative network effects to kickstart the market. Additionally, you would have to use fiat for initial growth rather than tokens, thus making acquisition more expensive.

Your mind is the most rambling, chaotic, needling, insulting, insufferable person you will ever meet. Thoughts do not hold rightful claims on your life—meditation helps you welcome the good ones and ignore the bad ones - Sam Harris

It seems to me that solitude is the very essence of leadership. The position of the leader is ultimately an intensely solitary, even intensely lonely one. However many people you may consult, you are the one who has to make the hard decisions. And at such moments, all you really have is yourself.

Practices with limited space requirements. This can be in the form of extremely small, low overhead micro clinics. This can be mobile clinics. Or it can be more flexible space agreements where doctors lease space “as needed”.