I rarely reread my own stuff, but suddenly felt like rereading this one from 2010…
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Vague thought of other kinds of ancient rivers besides money, like stories that circulate endlessly
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Trying to imagine how I might explain how I’m spending my life to someone who lived 6000 years ago or might be living 6000 years in the future 🤔
It’s the “ancient river of X” question
Quite hard.
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Shitposting = ancient river of graffiti
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This is a great metaphor. The age of the cash flow reminds me of closed vs open mindsets which I think operates in a similar way. Closed in that the depth and direction of the river is set. Also a visual representation might be fun. Have you given it further thought?
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I was thinking about this post as well and meaning to write something referencing it due to the recent u-turn in market perception in venture funding.
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This thinking could mesh nicely with #wardleymapping - might be a useful tool to help articulate those flows




