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"I love your work, you are a heterodox thinker." —Jonathan Haidt, Social Psychologist at NYU
"Overheard in Silicon Valley: 'The @jmrphy quote tweets are all people coping that the tweet is true.'" —Marc Andreessen, Investor
A long-running historical gradient suggests that individuals will enjoy full control over the creation, distribution, and monetization of their work, eventually evading all centralized platforms and arbitrary constraints.
Baudrillard famously asked, "What are you doing after the orgy?" Our answer: Take a leap of faith about the ultimate truth, then harness the chaos of modernity to bring that truth into being.
"Wham! I became Catholic the next day."
On Mary Moody Emerson.
The greatest social power is achieved by withdrawing from society.
