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Ben Gilbert: belief

3 Dec 2021 Acquired Not Boring (with Packy McCormick)

“I think that's definitionally process power that you can't actually write down the process of creating the product that you create.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Ben Gilbert
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
3 Dec 2021
Publisher
Acquired

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…I think that's 100% right. Definitely, I think probably because of Not Boring Club I shied away from trying to be a community manager again. I do think Twitter is where that exists now, but I think there are absolutely opportunities. Maybe that's where a DAO or something comes in. Even a Not Boring token at some point down the line comes into play where then you get all the network effects that come built-in with crypto. But for now, I don't think that it's particularly strong. I agree, it's pretty weak. There's one that I want to bring up where Hamilton would probably yell at me for calling it the cornered resource of Packy. I guess it's probably more process power, but you could not write a document such that you could hand it to someone else and they could do your job, that they could create the product that you create. I think that's definitionally process power that you can't actually write down the process of creating the product that you create. I've heard you tried to explain it a few times and it's always a little bit different. You can never really articulate the consistent way that lightning strikes you such that you have a great idea. It seems like you go into your basement, you surf the internet, and magic happens. You might have to start that process a few times. But I don't think even you can really articulate the process by which the product comes out. That's an incredibly good point. I've tried to explain this many times. It's one of the first questions that I get from people if I go talk to a group of people. I never have a good answer for it because there isn't a good answer for it.…

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