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Justin Jackson | Building communities, pursuing creativity, high margin businesses, and avoiding cult dynamics | Episode #3
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תוכן מסופק על ידי Ben Parry. כל תוכן הפודקאסטים כולל פרקים, גרפיקה ותיאורי פודקאסטים מועלים ומסופקים ישירות על ידי Ben Parry או שותף פלטפורמת הפודקאסט שלהם. אם אתה מאמין שמישהו משתמש ביצירה שלך המוגנת בזכויות יוצרים ללא רשותך, אתה יכול לעקוב אחר התהליך המתואר כאן https://he.player.fm/legal.
Show Notes:
(3:40) That time that Justin printed off a copy of pipe bomb plans
(7:30) What is what like living in an Oil & Gas town and what drove Justin to leave
(11:52) How and why Justin set up a tech newsletter for Vernon
(15:32) The joys of working in co-working space
(18:09) How to iterate into creating a coworking space
(20:05) Conservatives love talk radio
(23:08) The sheer joy of getting to broadcast on the internet
(28:05) All the intricacies of being creative before the internet
(30:38) Why and how good businesses have “margin”. How Justin builds breathing room into his day-to-day
(33:11) How this idea of margin influenced Transistor’s decision to avoid getting into the ads business
(39:25) Avoiding crypto cult dynamics
(41:55) Keeping your head straight when the internet is messaging you
(45:57) Everyone is susceptible to cults of personality we should be constantly skeptical of them
(48:59) How we should try and bring scientific thought more into our everyday conversations
(49:32) The internet is a great magnifier but it is not necessarily truth seeking
References made in this episode:
- https://transistor.fm/ the only place to distribute your podcast
- It Might Never Go Away, be careful when you put something on the internet. You never know what it’s full life might be
- You can’t find usenet groups today (or maybe you can but I’m not sure how) but to get the vibe of Alt 2600 check out this MIT site
- A dot matrix printer in action (link)
- Vernon, BC
- Stony Plain, AB
- Kalamalka Lake, truly stunning
- BioWare, the makers of some of the most glorious story-based games including Star Wars: The Old Republic and Mass Effect
- 630 Ched and CBC
- Ham Radio, the amateurs entry point to the world of broadcasting before
- Unfortunately I was unable to find a copy of Superhero High School. Hopefully, one day it will reemerge
- Good Businesses Have Margin
- The Transistor Handbook and Values something to aspire to as a set of principles for your company
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