andrew @andrew@schelling.pt

happy society is disintegrating before our eyes. Depression rates rise, birth rates fall, people imagine their lives worse than their parents despite the countless miracles of digital technology (near unlimited access to knowledge, art, culture, and other minds that might make life beautiful), animosity is rising.

the values I seek are only attainable in a flourishing society

exceptional institutions "scale" by inspiring society and proving a model

If you think you need VC money to "care about building at scale" you might actually just care about capturing value at scale.

animating individual citizens to found functional social and civic institutions is preeminent in shaping society

My friends and I in New York City have been experimenting with culture and society toward the end of manifesting an abundance-minded cohort of competent, independent, and flourishing citizens who are capable of leading the way toward happiness, love, liberty, creativity, strength, and the pursuit of virtue.

principles of game design apply to social containers, too. Everything we opt into is a game. Everything we have to do is a chore.

Life is multi-faceted, and difficult to navigate. Changing the world starts with understanding yourself.

Li Bing and the creation of a manmade wonder of the world by slowly heating rocks to build the world's greatest ancient irrigation system is an insane story

your attention is the sexiest thing you have available to you

toot

Don't grow up.

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