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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
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Gordon Brander
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September 2024
The Zombocom Problem
Welcome to zombocom… you can do anything at zombocom… anything at all… the only limit… is yourself…
Sep 28
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Gordon Brander
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August 2024
Raw intuitions about startups
It’s n=1 samples, so hold it lightly.
Aug 3
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Gordon Brander
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June 2024
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
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Gordon Brander
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May 2024
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
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Gordon Brander
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April 2024
Decentralizability
What makes software decentralizable? Immutable data, universal IDs, user-controlled keys.
Apr 12
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Gordon Brander
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February 2024
Create good problems to have
Create good problems to have. You want to build easy things with obvious shortcomings that create problems at scale. This may seem counterintuitive, may…
Feb 26
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Gordon Brander
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Freedom to exit
Three ways to guarantee user-owned data
Feb 5
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Gordon Brander
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Freedom to exit
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January 2024
Protocols as Weberian Bureaucracy
Max Weber says there are three ways power gets organized at scale: rizz, rulers, and rules.
Jan 22
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Gordon Brander
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November 2023
Ritual technology
Seven thoughts on ritual
Nov 28, 2023
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Gordon Brander
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Artificial Intuition, not Artificial Intelligence
LLMs are Artificial Intuition, not Artificial Intelligence.
Nov 6, 2023
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Gordon Brander
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October 2023
Provocation-driven development
Many of the foundational computing projects started with a provocation…
Oct 16, 2023
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Gordon Brander
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