Anil DashI’m eavesdropping (well, they’re so loud I can’t ignore them) on two young startup guys at this coffee shop, a version of a conversation I’ve heard a million times. But what’s striking vs 10 or 15 years ago is… almost nothing they’re talking about is the tech. Everything is financial engineering and how to hustle the ecosystem. Nothing about products or even markets and competition, all fussing about banks and crypto and VCs. Explains a lot about my fatigue over the industry in general.
👨🏻💻☕@anildash a few years back I decided that I can’t change the trajectory of our industry. At least not without being someone I’m not. But at the fringes I can try to help good folks who share my values and double down on living those values myself. Maybe a compromise but also freed me from an impossible responsibility.
John Minnihan@hunterwalk @anildash thematic