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ALL TIME LOW

56% of Americans believe journalists are purposely trying to mislead people.

73% of Americans do not trust social media.
The answer is not a new channel.
It’s a new format, a new medium, with a new power structure
Been working on this problem for a long time, fingers crossed we can pull it off this year
And when I say a long time, I mean 11+ years now

More than 1/3 of my life to this point.

Here is 5 minutes of a more idealistic Conor speaking in a more idealistic age
First time I ever articulated my beliefs about tech, media, and political power

Fall 2009 at Ignite Amherst

5 minutes, 20 slides, an abundance of hope and the reckless confidence of a 21 year old.

Still stand by most of this

So much of what we did from 2009 - 2011 was wrong, but if had been no @Localocracy there would be no @RoamResearch.

Why I take @emmalsalinas and @genzmafia so seriously now

Because @mojobaer, @heif, @jenny8lee, @ibarguen and @ariannahuff took me seriously then

Dangerous youth.

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24 Jan
Excited to watch the other Conor (@TheNotoriousMMA) fight tonight

When @RoamResearch had less than 10k in the bank and @hashbrown490 was not yet on the team, his path from plumber to 2 belt champion in 5 years was big part in getting my mind right to win

I sold my first company to Aol at 23, but we sold because we couldn't find a way to make it work.

For years, folks treated me like a success, but I felt like a fraud, and was deeply afraid I'd end up living the phrase

"He had a great future in his past"
When I quit that job, was making more money than anyone in my family had ever seen

But in the 5 years it took to build first version of Roam, the thing which convinced @MeadowsRichard to invest, and Josh to join, I was broke.
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23 Jan
To give credit where credit is due. Have to thank @DavidSHolz for the idea to commit to a minimum number of games before worrying about what the first would be.

I suspect many of these challenges will be around open questions in Tools for Thought domain, but 🤷‍♂️ who knows
Amazing how friends can get you to look at fears that had completely escaped your conscious mind...

Only tonight did I realize had belief I had not looked at directly in years -- if you ever give people money in a competition -- all the designers will hate you.
Ideologically, I've always felt crowdsourcing innovation was a step in the direction of Commons Based Peer Production, and a step worth taking -- The astrolabe logo that more than 4 of us now have tattooed actually came from a crowdsourcing site, many many many years ago...
Read 4 tweets
23 Jan
The folks at @RoamBounties have been having all together too much fun

It is time we entered the fray

For the next 3 months, we'll announce a new challenge every two weeks, for each challenge we'll distribute $10,000 to those whose public work pushes the frontier the farthest.
I'll announce the first challenge in the next 48 hours.

If you choose to play - share your ideas, progress, videos, and examples with the #RoamGames hashtag.

And know, these games are not a competition - per se...

Our hope is they will be a spectacle, a jam session
To that end, we will be judging not just on the work you put forward - but how the [[Intermediate Packets]] you share along the way inspire others -- how you help to grow the commons, and inspire others in the #roamcult faithful.. what others build on your foundation....
Read 12 tweets
22 Jan
Friends, Roamans, Countrymen,

@RoamResearch has been nominated for 2020 product of the year

We know what this means

We know no one wants to see @jwhitesu storm the @ProductHunt office in a 🦬 hide hood

So #roamcult I beseech you

Vote early

Vote Often
producthunt.com/golden-kitty-a…
For real, last competition I remember winning outright was Cub Scout Pinewood Derby circa 1995 or 96.

Normally I’m of the mind that competition is for losers, but this feels winnable, and too good an opportunity to test the coordination and tribal loyalty of #roamcult to pass up
Read 5 tweets
18 Jan
Everyone is part of a cult.

Your cult is either a death cult or a fertility cult.

Sex cults can in fact be either.
When ideas have sex, they produce babies every time.

The purpose of @RoamResearch is to help your ideas have sex.

Therefore:: #roamcult is a fertility cult.

Q.E.D.
Read 4 tweets
10 Jan
One day, I don't know when, I want to produce a Space Opera that reinterprets Van Morrison's "Irish Heartbeat" as a tragedy about young love torn apart when one of them leaves earth for a job on a Martian mining colony.

@collision @patrickc back me up on this.
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