had dinner with friends in a little town in the mountains. Ate outside, drank wine. Laughed a lot, especially hit it off with one person I met for the first time. We all spent a few hours after dinner in the living room of this old, beautiful house outside Williamstown talking. 

None of our interactions were monetized though, I didn’t earn a penny from any of the engagement I got (my laughter per joke rate was high, but rate-of-return per laugh was 0)

Profit motive is so powerful, but it’s also so pathetically weak compared to the feeling you get from hanging out, breaking bread

Don’t think incentives for social interactions work, if obvious - looks really bad

imagining better future • building at /basedstudio • network states • bento.me/mxd

I’m omw to spend a couple nights in mountains with friends too