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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 Feb 10
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    An amusing consequence of spending 25 years on the Internet is that the number of people/firms/projects you’re ambiently aware of is higher than most people’s model for how many it is reasonable to be aware of.

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      2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 Feb 10
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        Recently: “Does anyone know X?” “Yes; *context context context.*” “How do you know that?” “HN thread in probably March 2010.” “Do you remember all the threads from March 2010?!?” “No but that was a good one.”

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 Feb 10
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        It occurs to me that my father is basically this but for the South Side of Chicago, effortlessly recalling extended kin networks and whose cousin went to high school with what city bigwig 40 years ago.

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      1. Danny Groner‏ @DannyGroner Feb 10
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        I saw this phenomenon last week. Someone asked me how I remain in contact with so many people and remember their names, faces, and what we spoke about the last time we saw one another. I didn't understand the question. Part of being very online is being very aware all the time.

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      2. sam‏ @sammarelich Feb 10
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        In my view, this level of ambient knowledge is what good recruiters should have, and is the bit that won't be automated (oh you worked at XX in '15? you probably went through YY event & know about ZZ).

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      3. sam‏ @sammarelich Feb 10
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        It's also very interesting how many successful people seem to spend years learning as much as possible about the field they later go on to dominate (Michael Ovitz reading the entire company archives early in his career comes to mind).

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      1. Matt Darling  💸 💸 💸‏ @besttrousers Feb 10
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        This, but for early 2000s economics blog posts.

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        If there were a way to monetize this sort of info, I’d be much wealthier than I am.

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