Here’s a great article by my wife and cofounder, Paulina, on the topic of open cultures and her journey through the last few years, as we embraced more and more…
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Sam Altman and the Internet lynching problem
This story begins with Sam Altman’s article about sexism in technology, with its strong follow-up, a reminder to investors, by YC partner and cofounder Jessica Livingston. Both make the same…
Company culture: an open and shut model
There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, And every single one of them is right! Rudyard Kipling, In the Neolithic Age How many ways can you categorise the…
How Psychedelics saved Amber Lyon’s life
Emmy-Award-winning, former CNN investigative reporter Amber Lyon on her new site reset.me: I invite you to take a step back and clear your mind of decades of false propaganda. Governments…
On discrimination in the tech industry
Whilst I am not one to side with dogmatic ultra-feminists, this kind of behaviour is not only reprehensible, it is disgusting and stupid: After some small talk, he sat next…
You can’t hide from yourself
I got into a little Twitter debate the other day about whether it is possible to teach founders to build a good company culture. The answer, I believe, is more…
Where do children’s earliest memories go?
Our first three to four years are the maddeningly, mysteriously blank opening pages to our story of self. As Freud said, childhood amnesia ‘veils our earliest youth from us and…
How to lose weight
This article presents just one method of losing weight. It’s worked very, very well for me. It doesn’t require an extreme diet, it doesn’t require much money (you’ll save money,…
How to nap
I am the kind of person who takes 30 minutes to an hour to fall asleep, most nights. Falling asleep is an ordeal for me (unless I’m completely exhausted). Don’t…
No best practices
I worked in Accenture for 4 years. For almost 2 of those years, my role was to be the QPI lead on my project. That stands for “Quality Process Improvement”…