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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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...
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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A frequently asked question in panels on startups is whether it is possible to start a company by oneself. The answer is clearly yes and it has been done many times before. But there is a lot to be said for being able to work as a team. There are obvious benefits like being able to better cover the many disciplines required in a startup (for instance, we usually prefer founding teams that have at least one engineer on them). But there is also a more subtle benefit which I call creative difference. In a team you will not always agree on everything – some times or even many time there will be different opinions among the team members on how to do something. While resolving those differences may slow things down a bit and absorb some energy, it can also be a great source of creativity. Often the best ideas are the result of initial thoughts and ideas that were challenged by someone else. Startups with a single founder or a dominant member of the founding team frequently wind up with blind spots that prevent ideas from succeeding to their fullest extent. It is the lack of creative difference that prevents them from going from good to great.
A frequently asked question in panels on startups is whether it is possible to start a company by oneself. The answer is clearly yes and it has been done many times before. But there is a lot to be said for being able to work as a team. There are obvious benefits like being able to better cover the many disciplines required in a startup (for instance, we usually prefer founding teams that have at least one engineer on them). But there is also a more subtle benefit which I call creative difference. In a team you will not always agree on everything – some times or even many time there will be different opinions among the team members on how to do something. While resolving those differences may slow things down a bit and absorb some energy, it can also be a great source of creativity. Often the best ideas are the result of initial thoughts and ideas that were challenged by someone else. Startups with a single founder or a dominant member of the founding team frequently wind up with blind spots that prevent ideas from succeeding to their fullest extent. It is the lack of creative difference that prevents them from going from good to great.
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