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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As an entrepreneur when you bring you members of your team with you (whether they are part of your management team or advisors), there is always a possibility that someone will say something that you disagree with. As far as I am concerned it’s perfectly fine to have some level of disagreement with a couple of provisos. First, how you handle the disagreement is important. If you try to quelch it in the meeting that’s a very bad sign. If instead you are willing to address it head on and explain the reason for having different opinions, you can turn this into an opportunity to show that you have in fact a well functioning management team. Second, the disagreement should not be on a fundamental premise of the business. So for instance, if you say “viral distribution is not part of our strategy” and your head of marketing (or worse yet, one of your angel investors) says that “viral distribution is at the heart of our strategy” then there is a bit of a problem. It will likely make the investors worry that there is a lack of communication and coherence in the team that nothing can get accomplished.
As an entrepreneur when you bring you members of your team with you (whether they are part of your management team or advisors), there is always a possibility that someone will say something that you disagree with. As far as I am concerned it’s perfectly fine to have some level of disagreement with a couple of provisos. First, how you handle the disagreement is important. If you try to quelch it in the meeting that’s a very bad sign. If instead you are willing to address it head on and explain the reason for having different opinions, you can turn this into an opportunity to show that you have in fact a well functioning management team. Second, the disagreement should not be on a fundamental premise of the business. So for instance, if you say “viral distribution is not part of our strategy” and your head of marketing (or worse yet, one of your angel investors) says that “viral distribution is at the heart of our strategy” then there is a bit of a problem. It will likely make the investors worry that there is a lack of communication and coherence in the team that nothing can get accomplished.
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