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Thread containing all of the quotes from Silicon Valley Canon readers:

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Reading Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson for the SVC. 

"He had never been a captain of a sports team or the leader of a gang of friends, and he lacked an instinct for camaraderie...that's counterproductive"

I have been the captain of a sports team and am camaraderie-heavy in my leadership style. Thinking time...

Anon, you are not getting rejected nearly enough.

love this quote from DHH on the value on constraints when building a product

Two framings of the same concept, from "The Innovators" as part of @phil's Silicon Valley Canon. Both quotes are leading to, I think, the "Curation is the new creation" mentality. 

If, in 1945 & 1999, people already thought human's ability to comprehend information was maxed out, what about now? 

Information is increasing exponentially, especially with the advent of AI-generated content. 

I think we are at a phase in the Internet, perhaps as an element of web4 (the semantic web) where humans will begin much more carefully curating their information sources. 

Rather than be fed by algorithmic feeds, perhaps it's time to return to the wandering nature of the original internet, intentionally seeking & exploring, instead of the gluttony we see from algorithmic feeds. 

How do you curate your information your intake? 

PS Page & Brin are the founders of Google.

https://warpcast.com/wanderloots.eth/0xadf5811c

From “the Founders” on the origins of the PayPal mafia 👀

https://warpcast.com/coopahtroopa.eth/0x09f8ca3d

KP's Clog

Just sit and observe for at least 1 hour a day

I'm two weeks into readings from @phil's Silicon Valley Canon book course. It's great. Here are some select takeaways.

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The story of great v0s being built in a couple days is laughably common.

- Gmail - "1 day"
- Viaweb – "a couple days"
- Ebay - "one long weekend"

And they were simple too: Paul Graham's viaweb, an e-commerce platform, launched without the ability to process payments. You couldn't process a credit card transaction until 2 years after launch.

eBay launched without the ability facilitate payments, it couldn’t even guarantee the buyers paid the sellers, just list and bid. Reviews were in a forum, separate from the bidding experience.

https://jtgi.xyz/posts/sv-canon-i/