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Imagining the first network for social good
(originally posted to the Hello World Notion) I think we can safely say these 2 things about Gen Z: Gen Z is deeply involved with social problems …
Nick Barr
Nov 23, 2021
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Same thinking
Albert Einstein: We cannot solve problems with the same thinking that we used to create them. Anecdotally this seems true of the wicked problems we face…
Nick Barr
Nov 4, 2021
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The Power of Cards – #2 ft. Azlen Elza
Listen now (55 min) | Video: Episode highlights: Designing in nouns and verbs Inside-out vs outside-in design Alien technologies Cards as supernouns…
Nick Barr
Oct 11, 2021
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Intuitions about infinity
The idea of infinity is inextricable from the concept of countability. In other words: there is no notion of the sublime, the cosmos, etc. without…
Nick Barr
Sep 29, 2021
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Would retroactive public goods funding fix non-profits?
Having started both for-profit and non-profit ventures, I’ve found that the grass is always greener: for-profits have beautiful machinery for a busted…
Nick Barr
Sep 1, 2021
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The Power of Cards – #1 ft. David Cole
Listen now (69 min) | Video here: Episode highlights: Magic the Gathering: cards that left an impression Can managers use cards to understand and be…
Nick Barr
Aug 5, 2021
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Whose passions belong in the passion economy?
A new category of work is emerging. It’s called the passion economy, and it’s built on the idea that you can turn your interests and passions into a…
Jul 12, 2021
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Diego's shipwreck
Every few months I’d meet Diego at the Palo Alto train station and we’d go for a walk, get some dinner, catch up. Diego was impossible to extract from…
Nick Barr
Jan 1, 2021
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Cards: The Power of Cards, Episode 0, ft. Matt
Listen now (58 min) | Matt and I spend just about an hour waxing nostalgic on hyper-specific memories of the cards we bought, played, and traded…
Nick Barr
May 29, 2020
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Designing an interface for rating Marvel Characters in 1992
Nick Barr
May 22, 2020
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2x2x2 Matrices, and other ideas that don't quite work
A blooper from my workday. “Any idea that requires a 3D editor to model is likely not an idea” –nick barr
Nick Barr
May 19, 2020
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Chess and crisis w Joey Fianchetto
Listen now (65 min) | Check out The Immortal Game: Nick Bishop vs Joey Fianchetto on YouTube to see our match.
Nick Barr
May 2, 2020
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