Let's talk about speaking Trump and the biggest republican joke....
[Even if you have your winning strategy, don't throw it at them: lead them to put the pieces together themselves.The truth is realized, not told.]
[Don't make it about 'Trump' or 'Republicans' (but correctly remind who was in power of they blame it on the Democrats. Focus on 'government' because the goal is to turn them against authoritarians, not into progressives.]
Let's talk about Trump's base, messaging, and incrementalism....
[Progressives are by nature big picture thinkers. Conservatives care about he here and now. In order to reach them, everything needs to be framed in terms as a big picture issue and a kitchen table issue.]
[Democrats are terrible at messaging. Even though they agree with most low-income conservatives on many issues, they fail to communicate by insisting on a foreign language that doesn't resonate with the target.]
Let's talk about speaking the language of Trump....
[When trying to convince someone of something, consider what rhetoric they use on you.]
[Racism comes from fear (of the unknown), fear comes from ignorance.]
[Trump was successful because he spoke to their fears.]
[Education and context, not fear, create progressives.]
[Maybe can agree on anti-authoritarianism.]
How Courtland Allen Built Indie Hackers, with Ben and David from Acquired
[Instead of solving an unsolved problem, attach yourself to problems that are already solved and reduce cost. This way you the client already knows what the problem is and is willing to spend, without needing you to educate them. Just propose your solution to win.]
[Selling to someone who's job is to spend a budget is way easier than to those who don't have money.]
[Anytime money changes hands, think of yourself as a business, even if you're an employee. A resume is like an ad, sending your profile to prospects is like marketing, interviews are like sales (selling yourself).]
[An acquisition in a special contract unique to you, so don't worry about precedents and what employee contract might look like - the sky's the limit. You may not get it but feel free to ask for what you want.]
Jeff Atwood on Growing Discourse to $120,000/mo
[Sell to businesses if you can because they generally have money. Individuals tend to look for low-cost shortcuts. Sell to those who don't flinch at $200/month.]
Mighty Network's Gina Bianchini on How to Create a Community Worth Subscribing to
[Think about bringing together not just your customers but all the people who could be your customers.]
[One of the top reasons for subscription fatigue / churn is subscribers feeling bad about themselves for not being able to keep up with an overload of content and get enough value for money even if it's all high-quality. A community can be less intimidating.]
[Most people want to make better decisions about the things that are important to them.]
[Antiquated definitions of community like 'learning together and support each other' mean nothing to people now. Most valuable communities bring together a very specific profile of members in order to master something together. This replaces content with progress and journey.]
[Your customer doesn't want to spend time talking about your widget. They want to talk about what is important to them in mastery of their own identity.]
[Your customer isn't buying your stuff because they want to buy your stuff but rather because it is in service of achieving a goal. The more you align with the goal, the more likely the customer will stay.]
[lt's a mistake to focus more on the product than on customer mission.]
[The 'myth of more' can delude us into thinking that all reach is equal ('if I just get more visitors or eyeballs"), but a reach on Facebook is not the same as a reach on your private network.]
[Expecting people to show up and figure out how to get value is like a holding a workshop with no facilitator. Getting them in is not enough. Put some light structure in place to guide people.]
[Onboarding (the first few seconds, minutes, days) needs to be choreographed meticulously – it is not merely adjusting the product parameters.]
[Have a weekly event that gives newcomers a chance to get a feel for how it works.]
[Hold give/ask days with a new profile every week so that customers feel they helped someone and also got some useful insights for themselves.]
[People need to understand quickly how they will get value.]
[Instead of calling it out, help others see how it is cringeworthy.]
[It started a feminist awakening in me because I saw those cringeworthy patterns within myself.]
[argument from ridicule.]
[Style is an alternative ideal to beauty that can be achieved at any age and with any physical circumstances. It's a personal aesthetic that you have complete control over.]
Q&A with Sönke Ahrens on How to Take Smart Notes
[Think of the notes as a dialogue partner where they answer each other as opposed to as a collection that must be sorted and organized.]
Let's talk about the type of political party we want....
[Radicals are always in the fight because progress is infinite and the mainstreaming of their idea will direct them to the next injustice.]
How To Hack The Epistemic Crisis, with Audrey Tang
[Create memes that outpace disinformation.]
[Humor over rumor exploits the fact that you cannot feel anger and outrage at the same time as fun.]
[Takedowns promote outrage. Attributing misinformation changes the framing so that people to continue to share but with different intent.]
Let's talk about AOC, performative posts, and social change....
[Even when social media is 'merely performative' it can serve your political interests because it spreads ideas and increases the potential for people to change the way they think. The political spirit of the 60s and 70s can be captured by the concert, which gave attendees a context to associate themselves with: they are like the selfie generation of today.]
Systematically deny trolls a platform.
[It's not enough to share and subscribe to block lists. Take collective action to pressure developers to incorporate the trust networks into their apps.]
[Decentralizing is incompatible with rapid evolution because it's difficult to change.]
[Censorship residtence is easier in centralized environments because you can move quickly and the cost of change is low.]
[The PINs used to receive push notifications can reveal your phone number.]
Let's talk about electoral politics and Ruth Bader Ginsburg....
[Those who prefer electoral politics need grassroots organizers to put progressive people in office. Those who prefer grassroots organization need those who prefer electoral politics because the government cannot be ignored.]
Let's talk about patriotism in America and loyalty....
[Patriotism from 1776 was allegiance to the country: the land; the state didn't exist yet.]
[Allegiance to the government is nationalism and a co-opting by the state of your principles to serve their interests.]
[The government tries to appeal to us because they need us and we have a certain power. As a child needs to be corrected sometimes, so do they.]
Let's talk about Trump, blue and red states, and being alone....
[Sometimes when speaking up, it's not about convincing anybody, but about letting people who think similarly realize that they are not alone.]
Let's talk about raising your kids and the moral, ethical, and legal....
[Focus on policies, not on people. There is no candidate one can endorse. Heroes can be humanized because they are imperfect.]
[Legitimizing the application of morals retroactively does not change the outcome but teaches that one's morals will be viewed through the lens of history.]
Growing ideas with Andy Matuschak
[Present two random notes and prompt to write a third that connects the two.]
Resist thinking of the evergreen note as a static format (declarative phrase or noun as title, discussion as body). It can be a question, with a list as the body, and eventually this can be transformed into the standardized representation if desired. Allow fluidity in how the tool is used.
[Spaced repetition can be used to prompt practicing a process via a question that changes everytime.]
Let's talk about a hard truth about voting and community networks....
[A community network is a group of people commited to making their community better, only this.]
[The ideal number of members is twelve.]
[Those involved should ideally not know each other too well because when they share friends it reduces the number of people the group can call upon. Think coworkers, religious group, community sports.]
[When it gets to eighteen people, the group naturally splits into two. When each of those splits into two, create a C group to direct activities and keep everyone on the same page.]
[via fort bragg ada odb odc.]
[If food insecurity is a specific issue, you'll want to recruit someone who is familiar with this and who also has a B group.]
[To recruit: look for people who post about problems on social media and want to fix them; look to other activist groups; people you have helped can become a resource to ask for help.]
[Just because someone needs help doesn't mean that they're helpless: they can have skills that complement your needs despite being in need of help.]
[Anti-authoritarian leftists and small-government conservatives can be good allies at the local level.]
[When you are going to do something, make a public request to the local politicians, knowing that they don'won't do anything. Then do it yourself and over time point out how you did ask, and that they repeatedly did nothing, and that your group did it.]
[Keep the mission simple, like 'to better the community'.]
