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Building a thing that lets others create what only I can create

6 tweets · September 2021 · 15 likes · 2 retweets · read on Twitter

Guiding Q for everything I do—yes! > What is the content/product/experience that only I can create? Am also annoyed by how many lifetimes' worth of stuff that seems to be true of. So... now I'm creating a thing that will allow others to create what currently only I can create.

Tiago Forte @fortelabs ·

My guiding question for everything I do: What is the content/product/experience that only I can create?

One dimension of this = getting off the ground 🛖🛫 People have trouble getting over initial hurdles & activation energy, and I have a plan of how to help:

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean ·

idea 💡...basically 21st century barn-raising Business Prototype Launch Hackathon one person has a business idea, something that could have an initial offering with 1-2 days of work by a handful of people and... then we make it happen!

Another dimension of this = seeing what could exist that doesn't 👁️🤯 People have trouble realizing how much better things could be, and I have a plan of how to help:

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean ·

boom, purchased whatifitweregoodtho.com 💥 for my design rants but currently... it's bad! it's just a parked domain. so... what if whatifitweregoodtho.com were good tho? twitter.com/visakanv/statu…

Another dimension of this = finding win-wins and effortless upward spirals❤️‍🔥🤸‍♂️ People (including me) are still learning how to unleash our can't-not-do energy, and I have a plan of how to help:

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean ·

Wanting to write a thread on the larger meta-vision I have that inspired me to make this move. Initially wrote this in response to @andy_matuschak's response "Y'all, this attitude is rad", but wanted it to be a top-level thread because it's important and stands on its own. twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/…

At one point I was like "maybe this thing is just a company?" but there's a necessary type of liberatedness—of thought, or perception even—that isn't possible within traditional (or modern/postmodern) companies, for structural reasons.

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean ·

me, musing: I want to have a thing… where other people can invest a bit of time & energy in it, in a way that feels good to them, and that generates money, that they could have some of… also me: "sir, that's called a company"

In other words,

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean ·

one dimension along which I'm domino'ing [draft]