In my head rn:
Ribbonfarm: NASA/NSF
Breaking Smart: DARPA+Silicon Valley
Art of Gig: NIH+NEA
Project Mansion (codename): Hollywood
Previously:
Ribbonfarm: second foundation
Breaking Smart: first foundation
Art of Gig = I, Robot stories
Project Mansion: Lije Bailey mysteries
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Metaphor shifts in how you think about what you do are really important even if they seem silly. The Asimovian metaphor is still important, but now secondary because I’m thinking in more practical ways about the next stage in the evolution of my little media empire
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But it’s nice to finally have 4 pieces to make a full 2x2. When I actually construct the 2x2, I’ll finally have a true business model rather than just a business philosophy in the form of a bunch of aphorisms, cf my “going free agent” post from 9 years ago
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My inner mental models of what I do are as comically grandiose as the outer manifestations are comically sidewalk-busking level. I manage to have fun though.
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Brother, do I ever feel this. I'm hawking tools made by billion-dollar tech companies, off the back of an old pickup.
Beats washing dishes for a living, though.
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