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Feb 27

Ugh I reallly dislike anything that propagates the absurd notion that parenting/childcare and work can be done simultaneously.

"Working parent" does not literally mean working while parenting and yet, that's pretty much what most media visuals promote.

Sure during Covid this was case for too many, too long, but can assure you, not a lot of quality work or parenting was happening during "doing both" times.

Yes, too many parents pushed here from need on days childcare falls through or in $$ crunches.

But should be exception.

Point is: let's not somehow deceive ourselves into thinking this is normal or expected.

Working parents should have access to phenomenal, affordable childcare so that they can work.

They should also have support so when they parent, they're not frazzled with all other details.

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@APatelThompson

Feb 16

Why is AI (specifically, large large models) transformative for real world problems like the Invisible Load?

Because it's an entirely new kind of “intelligence” we haven't had in our toolbox until now.

Marrying human empathy, software logic and AI gets you:

✨ Magic.

For almost 8 years, I've been trying to solve some of the most human of problems at scale, with tools (software) that scale well but are too rigid to follow the uneven, irrational contours of human problems like childcare and the invisible load.

Software is a beautiful thing. It follows instructions beautifully, it is consistent and dependable. It's fast. It's cheap.

And humans are none of those things. But what they are is empathetic and nuanced and astute. There is beauty in kind of friction humans create and live in.

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Apr 7, 2022

🤯 Something just clicked for me and I'm vibrating with excitement:

Encouraged that web3 will revolutionize the creator economy?

I just realized what it can do for the care economy.

The more I've dug into fundamentals of web3, the more I believe that a token and blockchain-based chassis will allow us to fundamentally change how we value + reward work done today on gray edges of economy -unseen + unserved.

Teachers, nurses, child/elder caregivers, neighbors.

First, some background. One of the canonical examples of web3 world is how artists are thriving. Before, an artist either starved or sold out to someone that took massive stakes on their talent.

Not a great path where the “long tail” is where the magic often lies.

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Sep 16, 2020

@ycombinator

So many incredible founders applying to @ycombinator for a chance to change trajectory/prob of success of their companies.

This was me 5 years ago, with my 3rd attempt, applying for Poppy, my previous company.

This is what finally worked:

🧵

📈 The results spoke for themselves.

Prior two times I had written more about potential than about actual results.

YCs motto is Make Something People Want.

Only way to prove that is w/ results. That consistently grow each week, each month.

I had growth no one could deny.

I had a team that could do justice to the potential to grow.

The prior two times I didn’t have team to demonstrate how I could make good on the ambition.

I found technical partner our company needed and I hired an incredibly talented person that jump started supply side.

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