Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Nadella has pointed out: In a world where computing power is nearly limitless, “the true scarce commodity is increasingly human attention.”
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth
But living moment to moment with the fear of missing something isn’t how we’re built to live.
Tristan Harris • How Technology is Hijacking Your Mind—from a Former Insider
If you assume that the pace of change in consumer-facing Internet stays high, and that it gets more compelling over time, then in the long run the only options are a) be careful what you use, or b) accept that you're outsourcing a growing share of your decisions to product managers and growth hackers who do not necessarily have your interests at he... See more
Byrne Hobart • The Promise and Paradox of Decentralization
I exist on a tightrope between pessimism and optimism. We’re living at a moment in time when there’s more intelligence on the planet than there has ever been. There’s also more connectivity between us, which multiplies that power. That gives me hope. But the power to direct the thoughts of the human race is in fewer and fewer hands. The Zuckerbergs... See more
James McMahon • Brian Eno: ‘Sex, drugs, art… they’re all ways of surrendering’
Tristan Harris says, in his 2017 60 Minutes Interview, “There’s always this narrative that technology’s neutral. And it’s up to us to choose how we use it. This is just not true.”
Behind the technology that you use is a team of thousands of programmers who are using your own personalized data to hook you. They are using classic psychological tactics... See more
Behind the technology that you use is a team of thousands of programmers who are using your own personalized data to hook you. They are using classic psychological tactics... See more
The reality is that if your goal is to optimize revenue to the company, shutting down APIs, algorithmically manipulating users, harvesting personal information for better ad targeting, reducing revenue shares, and all the things people don’t like about internet companies is the optimal strategy.
Chris Dixon • "Let's Run The Experiment": A conversation with Chris Dixon about DAOs and the future of organizations online
millennials. One of the most prominent voices sounding the alarm about the connections between technology and a lack of empathy is probably Sherry Turkle, a researcher, writer, and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has compared the impact of technology on our ability to communicate and empathize with one another to environ
... See moreKaitlin Ugolik Phillips • The Future of Feeling: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World
You push people to discover how great they can be.
Tony Fadell • Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Our unconscious tendencies are the control surfaces by which technology will shape our lives.