Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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Last night I went to a fundraiser for Venture for America here in New York. I am happy to report that the place was hopping and hopefully a lot of money was raised. Congratulations to Andrew Yang and his team for taking this from an idea just a short time ago to a well running organization.
The core mission of Venture for America is to get more young graduates excited about startups as a career option (as opposed to say banking or consulting). The Venture for America fellows are being placed with startups across the country but with a particular focus on cities in which recruiting for startups is especially difficult.
It was therefore the perfect fit that last night’s speaker was Tony Hsieh, the founder of Zappos, who has recently moved the company’s headquarters to downtown Vegas. This is part of a project he initiated to revitalize that area of the city. The so-called Downtown Project has many components to it and one of them are startup companies.
Both Venture for America and the Downtown Project fit with my belief that cities will be important hubs of innovation but that no particular city has a monopoly on inventing the future. For instance, we have seen a number of terrific companies come out of Toronto recently, including USV portfolio company Wattpad. It will be very interesting to see this play itself out over the coming years and my recent trip to China convinced me that some of the mega cities there will be part of this for sure. It also means that here in New York we need to continue to invest in the growth of our local startup community.
Last night I went to a fundraiser for Venture for America here in New York. I am happy to report that the place was hopping and hopefully a lot of money was raised. Congratulations to Andrew Yang and his team for taking this from an idea just a short time ago to a well running organization.
The core mission of Venture for America is to get more young graduates excited about startups as a career option (as opposed to say banking or consulting). The Venture for America fellows are being placed with startups across the country but with a particular focus on cities in which recruiting for startups is especially difficult.
It was therefore the perfect fit that last night’s speaker was Tony Hsieh, the founder of Zappos, who has recently moved the company’s headquarters to downtown Vegas. This is part of a project he initiated to revitalize that area of the city. The so-called Downtown Project has many components to it and one of them are startup companies.
Both Venture for America and the Downtown Project fit with my belief that cities will be important hubs of innovation but that no particular city has a monopoly on inventing the future. For instance, we have seen a number of terrific companies come out of Toronto recently, including USV portfolio company Wattpad. It will be very interesting to see this play itself out over the coming years and my recent trip to China convinced me that some of the mega cities there will be part of this for sure. It also means that here in New York we need to continue to invest in the growth of our local startup community.
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