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Trying to change how startups are built formerly @ericries on the bird app New Book coming May 2026: INCORRUPTIBLE: Why Good Companies go bad... And How Great companies Stay Great Pre-order now and receive exclusive bonuses at: http://incorruptible.co
Someone described two people to me by saying "they both work at Patagonia" as if that explained everything about them.
And honestly? It kind of did.
I was supposed to instantly understand their values, their lifestyle, their ethics.
So rare for a company name to communicate an entire worldview.
What’s wild about LLMs is that they will eventually prove or disprove many esoteric theories ranging from ancient spiritual wisdom to postmodernism - including many I was taught were unfalsifiable
how is anyone supposed to trust companies that act like this???
Looking forward to hosting @ericries.bsky.social for a fireside chat at @longnow.org on April 7 in San Francisco. We'll be discussing his new book "Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad…and How Great Companies Stay Great." Come hang out!
longnow.org/talks/02026-...
Casey with an excellent clear-eyed analysis as usual
Long form is the good form
This is great reporting from @noamscheiber.bsky.social as usual. Patagonia is such a famously mission-driven company, and yet workers at the store level still feel they need to organize. Very curious to see how it plays out.
this may be the clearest and best distillation into one sentence of what's going on
hey @karenhao.bsky.social, congrats on the new podcast (and thanks for all your reporting in the midst of this crazy maelstrom)
So let’s think about this.
A private company refused - on principle - to yield to the government’s demands.
The government then cancelled its contracts with the company and has set about destroying it
Behold the customer who wrote to complain about the lack of ketchup at their local Costco...
... and got a reply from the CEO
nice to see federated video platforms working together
In my new book Incorruptible, I explore these themes. More at incorruptible.co
"30 Under 30" list used to be a badge of honor. Now, it’s becoming a red flag for governance failure.
Kalder’s founder allegedly faked $1.2M in revenue. Perhaps investors trusted the Forbes list prestige over data.
False proxies like awards don’t always equate to value creation.
This is critical to understand. In the academic literature, this is called "surrogation" where a metric becomes a surrogate for the thing itself. @sethgodin.bsky.social calls these "false proxies" which are far more dangerous even than vanity metrics.
keep up the good work, we are all counting on you
I'd pay more attention to their moderation approach. That's a bigger innovation than their research methods
Great thread but I especially liked this bit about Arendt at the end. worth a read
Is it generally recognized that r/AskHistorians is the best subreddit? If you've never checked it out, you owe it to yourself to see what a heavily-moderated yet deeply researched online social space can look like: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
This is a must-read look at the darker side of vibe coding
After five days, the price rockets to $4.04. See what they did there?
Guy Kawasaki and Madisun Nuismer have written a new book called _Everybody Has Something to Hide_. It explains why and how to use Signal.
For the next five days, you can download the Kindle edition at no cost here:
www.amazon.com/Everybody-Ha...
You love to see it... more of this, please.
For folks abandoning TikTok after its US takeover, consider using something like @skylight.social or @sprk.so or similar systems that give you a similar feeling but on an open protocol underneath so you'll never have to "move" again.
The ancient art of close reading is poised for a comeback. I'm excited about this one: www.fast.ai/posts/2026-0...
This is a beautifully written, powerful and *almost* optimistic piece about American democracy.
And btw, thank you @adambonica.bsky.social for taking parental leave, and discussing it publicly. That is one of the most feminist actions fathers can take!
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
Misha shares what it was like to lead through that moment, how crises clarify where leaders should focus their energy, and how Nova Credit found a way forward without abandoning its original purpose.
You can listen to or watch the episode here:
🎥 YouTube: youtu.be/_3t6O3Xywbs
🎙️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/55Ft...
🎙️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
If you’re interested in entrepreneurship and what it really takes to build something that lasts, this conversation is for you.
Nova Credit began by tackling that problem directly, starting with international students and immigrants who were being shut out of the system. Then the pandemic hit. Immigration stopped, and the company’s core market disappeared almost overnight.
