My background is in archaeology. Some think that has nothing to do with tech. They’re wrong. There’s no better science for understanding growth than history itself. Archaeology taught me how to see the bigger picture and recognize the patterns that shape it. I’ve studied how empires rose and fell, touched the layers of burnt civilizations (literally), and felt the echoes of humanity’s endless wars. In history, the only ones who endured the test of time were the culture builders. The ones who planted the first seeds of science, literature, philosophy, democracy, math... What they grew was so sustainable that we’re still eating the fruits today! Powerful empires built with invasion rather than cultivation always ended up the same way: exhaustion, social fragmentation, and collapse from within. So grow like gardeners: intentional, considerate, and invested for the long term.
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Relevant book recommendations: - Ivan Illich, Tools for Conviviality - Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons - Audrey Tang & E. Glen Weyl, Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
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I have more photos, but I’ll stop spamming your feeds with my archives now. The point of the photo dump is simple: Against all odds, this weird little corner of the internet became a real place and we somehow formed a real community worth caring about over here. I met some of my favorite people on @farcaster and I refuse to accept that the final chapter for us is: “and then we all just left” So let’s do something about it. See you at the community call tomorrow. 🙏💛 https://farcaster.xyz/~/spaces/01a01202-e0a8-48bd-a2a2-e4d97d985835
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