Mar 10, 2021RefoundingThe most disruptive communications paradigm shift in the history of humankind — Since leaving politics in 2016, I have spent my time helping startups build business strategies and the technology that supports those strategies. …Metamodernism4 min read
Feb 20, 2021Surviving Metamodernism, Part IIIdentifying the meta-metanarrative. In the weeks since writing Part I of Surviving Metamodernism, the world has changed. Like many Americans, I was first ambivalent about Donald J. Trump’s second impeachment and then riveted by the House impeachment managers’ performance. The slick presentations, supercut videos, and tweet-sized recriminations led the media…Metamodernism5 min read
Jan 12, 2021Surviving Metamodernism, Part I“For everyone else, it would resemble mind control.” Last week, I mentioned metamodernism in my letter encapsulating the 30+ 2020 Year in Review reports. Metamodernism is incredibly dangerous because of its authentic power, its disregard for the norms of previous epochs and the velocity with which it accelerates change. It…Metamodernism5 min read
Published in GEN·Feb 17, 2020Michael Bloomberg is Spending Like an Over-Valued Tech StartupI say this out of love and a desire to see an experienced, democracy-loving individual in the White House next year: Michael Bloomberg, you’re botching this. I worked with the small team exploring Bloomberg’s potential presidential run in 2016. When he decided against entering the race, I was heartbroken. Now…Bloomberg5 min read
Jan 23, 2020From Pariah to Messiah5 Essential Steps to Rehabilitate a Disgraced Public Figure — There are the true to life examples of the international businessman accused of embezzlement and dodging his taxes; the religious leader accused of assault; and the politician who unwittingly presented the inaccurate evidence that started a twenty-year war in which thousands perished. In a decade with great expectations of transparency…Public Relations5 min read
Aug 19, 2015We’re selling SocialistWhen we launched Socialist in 2014 we were the highest voted product on Product Hunt for that day. We gained thousands of users and rolled out bug fixes as quickly as we could keep up. With over a year spent in development there wasn’t much room left for us to…Product Hunt2 min read
Jan 11, 2015Algorithms, Homogenized News and the Atomic BombI wrote a widely shared post in June titled “Facebook can save itself with two simple measurements it already collects.” Some three months later, Facebook has implemented one of the two changes I advocated for. I was originally inspired to write that post during the Kim Kardashian / Kanye West…4 min read
