Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
a flood of new digital communication platforms inundating free societies with instantaneous information and nonstop networked dialogue.
Zac Gershberg • The Paradox of Democracy
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Tom Standage • A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
We're being pushed towards a Too Long Didn't Read (TLDR) society that pays little attention to long-form content and fills in any gaps in knowledge with assumptions. This is a rather dull form of numb edutainment for feeding your Spoiled Adult Disorder (SAD)
Rollo Tomassi • A Dominant Masculine Presence: Learning How To Cultivate Your Authentic Self As A Man And Display Supreme Confidence And Control Over How You Are Perceived
Our new-found knowledge leads to faster economic, social and political changes;
Yuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
(1) scale: an audience in the thousands or more
Clay Shirky • Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Another example: Ben Thompson, creator of the Stratechery newsletter
Anthony Pompliano • Writing for Leverage, Teenage Billionaires, The Problem with Mainstream Media, and More - David Perell on Off the Chain, Hosted By Anthony Pompliano • Podcast Notes
While some of these organizations may have started with purely financial motivations, I suspect that most of their founders aspire to build communities that can replace some of the social capital that America’s waning institutions once provided.
Nick deWilde • The Social Architecture of Impactful Communities
not all information is created equal.