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22 Jan, 5 tweets, 3 min read
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 ๐Ÿฆฌ hide hood

So #roamcult I beseech you

Vote early

Vote Often
producthunt.com/golden-kitty-aโ€ฆ
Two Votes are Better than One
For real, last competition I remember winning outright was Cub Scout Pinewood Derby circa 1995 or 96.

Normally Iโ€™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
We're nominated in Productivity Category as well.

Let's do this #roamcult

Also - for those of you who did not draw the connection

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Conor White-Sullivan ๐ƒ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Profile picture
24 Jan
There has never been a music video that hit me as hard as this one.

I have never identified with a character in a music video as much as I identified with this homeless physicist.

It is true, some problems you must be insane or (close to it) to solve.

Talent is hitting a target others canโ€™t hit

Genius is hitting a target others canโ€™t see

Therefore...

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The actor in this video absolutely CRUSHED the part btw.

First time I saw this video, and most time Iโ€™ve watched it since, I cried when it got to this scene.

About a month prior I remember looking at my work with the same expression

Itโ€™s not just joy, itโ€™s overwhelming relief. ImageImage
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Conor White-Sullivan ๐ƒ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Profile picture
24 Jan
Something you should pay attention to if youโ€™re watching @DustinPoirierโ€™s post game interview.

He just knocked out Conor McGregor, and says he โ€œfeels good but..โ€ just wants to get home to his daughter.

SO MANY PEOPLE our age completely missing how much better life is with kids.
Also - if youโ€™re working behind a desk claiming youโ€™ll have kids after you achieve your career goals... Or you need more $$$ 1st?

I WILL BET MONEY you do not work as hard as these fighters.

Approximately no one has as much financial insecurity as an up and coming MMA fighter.
The right time is right now

Sex is better when youโ€™re trying to make babies anyway.

If you havenโ€™t tried for kids yet, youโ€™re a virgin.
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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 ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ who knows
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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.
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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....
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22 Jan
TRUST IN THE GATEKEEPERS

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.
Itโ€™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
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