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The shape of network society
“I’m a McLuhan absolutist now.”
Mar 30
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Gordon Brander
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Cryptography scales trust
Protocols are to institutions as packet switching is to circuit switching
Feb 25
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Gordon Brander
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Don't fork the ecosystem
Software can be rebuilt, because software is a machine. But a software ecosystem is not a machine. It is a living system.
Feb 16
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Gordon Brander
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Where to draw the line?
Breaking a system down into parts
Dec 1, 2024
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Gordon Brander
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Places to intervene in a system
(in increasing order of effectiveness)
Nov 18, 2024
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Gordon Brander
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Nature's many attempts to evolve a Nostr
P2P and federated protocols converge toward becoming Nostr, but with extra steps
Oct 13, 2024
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The Zombocom Problem
Welcome to zombocom… you can do anything at zombocom… anything at all… the only limit… is yourself…
Sep 28, 2024
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Raw intuitions about startups
It’s n=1 samples, so hold it lightly.
Aug 3, 2024
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Subconscious is Squishy Computer
This newsletter is getting rebooted as my personal lab notebook, a place to post trail markers as I continue to navigate the idea maze around AI…
Jun 15, 2024
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Gordon Brander
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Subconscious is winding down
Subconscious started with an idea: to amplify intelligence using a worldwide decentralized knowledge graph. In 2022, we raised a seed and started…
May 16, 2024
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