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Reality is more compelling than you think
This morning a friend shared an article about declining numbers for the hit-app Clubhouse. Everybody loves to hate a winner, so I think we’ll see plenty…
Jason Preston
Apr 30, 2021
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Your time is not valuable
(to anyone but you)
Jason Preston
Sep 28, 2021
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It’s not chess
With the popularity of The Queen’s Gambit, chess has had a revival. I’ve even been watching the Garry Kasparov MasterClass on chess, despite the fact…
Jason Preston
Jan 25, 2021
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Morality in your face
The COVID-19 pandemic has felt like the time of my life when morality has been most obviously part of my day to day choices. I took some philosophy…
Jason Preston
Jan 26, 2021
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The internet and the town square
Philosophers have debated free speech for thousands of years, and that freedom of expression is one of the foundational principles of modern liberal…
Jason Preston
Jan 12, 2021
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Distributed work
Today I hosted a workshop on innovation in a distributed work environment. A little more than a year ago, it might have been “innovation in a remote…
Jason Preston
Mar 11, 2021
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The evolution of social networks
It’s been a long time since I’ve logged in to Facebook. In fact, I haven’t ever done it on the computer I’m using today, which I purchased sometime last…
Jason Preston
Feb 4, 2021
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Video, audio, and text
People who would have been writing blogs a decade ago seem to be making YouTube channels these days. Justin Kan of Twitch is a relatively new example…
Jason Preston
Apr 21, 2021
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Challenges are different at scale
A while ago someone (unfortunately I forget who it was!) gave an example for how problems look different when you’re operating at different scales. It’s…
Jason Preston
May 3, 2021
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A dishwasher that works
Sometimes I think that companies chase innovation for the sake of innovation, or because everyone else is doing it, and that thoughtlessness shows up in…
Jason Preston
Jan 5, 2021
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Discovering new people and new ideas
A friend forwarded me an article in TechCrunch announcing that Grip, a startup focused on AI-powered networking for virtual events, just raised $13…
Jason Preston
Feb 19, 2021
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Conflict of interest vs. something at stake
I am on the board of the Hydrocephalus Association, which is a national medical nonprofit organization. Every year board members fill out a form where…
Jason Preston
Jan 18, 2021
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