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“I think of Patrick as an idea archivist. So often, we’re looking for the next new thing. What I’ve learned from Patrick, is that there’s a lot of virtue to going back in time and looking at the ideas that have been forgotten.” – David Perell

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

Here’s what’s ahead in this edition:

An August of ideas: my California origin story

The slow lift: a discovery

Links and recommendations: not toooo many

Checking in: what’s Robin doing?

Robin Sloan • The Golden Door

Neil Gaiman's Radical Vision for the Future of the Internet - Cal Newport

Brad Borland calnewport.com

Ariel was a mapmaker; it was his great pastime. His map was not on paper, for there was no paper. Instead, he had discovered a hidden menu inside the Stromatolite, one that permitted the creation of custom terrain in the style of the game: a malleable 3D landscape rendered in sketchy monochrome.

Robin Sloan • Moonbound: A Novel

to bear the burden of the world’s curiosity and confusion—which

Robin Sloan • Annabel Scheme

Jack Dorsey

Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Platforms deliver value to third parties that build on top of them,

Nadia Eghbal • Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

bringing together creators and audiences

Andrew Chen • What today’s social apps can learn from Web 2.0, the social network revolution from 15 years ago at andrewchen

and my blog. The platform is irrelevant. I’ll go wherever the people are. What’s important is that I absorb, listen, talk, connect, help, and share. Constantly. The net gets so strong at a certain point that I can let it go for a few days—maybe weeks—and it…

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