Dylan Field

It's funny. I can remember where we were the last time we had a conversation for just the podcast versus the last time we had a conversation. And I remember being in this like rental house with my wife and some of our friends, and it was like total lockdown. I remember around the same time, NFTs were just starting to take off if you were paying attention to them.

It's funny. I can remember where we were the last time we had a conversation for just the podcast versus the last time we had a conversation. And I remember being in this like rental house with my wife and some of our friends, and it was like total lockdown. I remember around the same time, NFTs were just starting to take off if you were paying attention to them.

I think we're pretty excited about the metaverse. Crypto bull cycle is just starting again. And we're all trying to figure out what COVID would do to the world and how that would change things and what the decade of the 20s would be like. And I feel like now we're like midway through that decade. Yeah.

I think we're pretty excited about the metaverse. Crypto bull cycle is just starting again. And we're all trying to figure out what COVID would do to the world and how that would change things and what the decade of the 20s would be like. And I feel like now we're like midway through that decade. Yeah.

There was some tweet, I think Scott Belsky read it, and he was saying, I think that the 2020s will be like the roaring 20s. There was this period with COVID bubble in the public markets that everyone thought that might be the case. And then I feel like maybe we didn't think it was the case.

There was some tweet, I think Scott Belsky read it, and he was saying, I think that the 2020s will be like the roaring 20s. There was this period with COVID bubble in the public markets that everyone thought that might be the case. And then I feel like maybe we didn't think it was the case.

And certainly it feels like we're back in some strange bullish cycle right now, both with regards to public equities and tech in general and what people are willing to support and bet on. If you look at technology broadly, it feels like there's a lot of optimism about doing hard things right now.

And certainly it feels like we're back in some strange bullish cycle right now, both with regards to public equities and tech in general and what people are willing to support and bet on. If you look at technology broadly, it feels like there's a lot of optimism about doing hard things right now.

And perhaps that's sort of on the back of all this progress with AI and folks knowing now that the predictions from not just 10 years ago, but like 30 years ago are pretty correct down to a T. Kurtzweil is right. Yeah. It's wild how some of these essays from like early 90s got it right on the money.

And perhaps that's sort of on the back of all this progress with AI and folks knowing now that the predictions from not just 10 years ago, but like 30 years ago are pretty correct down to a T. Kurtzweil is right. Yeah. It's wild how some of these essays from like early 90s got it right on the money.

And I think that opens up the possibility for people to think a bit more long term and be more bold maybe. And with that, it feels like people are willing to do stuff that is a bit less traditional as well. So I feel like we broke out of the Overton windows across the board in social discourse, but also technology. And yeah, let's see where it goes.

And I think that opens up the possibility for people to think a bit more long term and be more bold maybe. And with that, it feels like people are willing to do stuff that is a bit less traditional as well. So I feel like we broke out of the Overton windows across the board in social discourse, but also technology. And yeah, let's see where it goes.

I think that the best entrepreneurs have a level of certainty about them. And I think that same certainty exists in folks that I was spending time with in 2020, 2021 versus 2024, 2025, most of which I'm still in touch with. We're still trading emails. So it's not like these relationships fade. But I think that people starting things today... on average, are thinking a bit more long-term.

I think that the best entrepreneurs have a level of certainty about them. And I think that same certainty exists in folks that I was spending time with in 2020, 2021 versus 2024, 2025, most of which I'm still in touch with. We're still trading emails. So it's not like these relationships fade. But I think that people starting things today... on average, are thinking a bit more long-term.

It's less about what happens over the next six months and more about what happens over the next six years. That'd be my macro observation.

It's less about what happens over the next six months and more about what happens over the next six years. That'd be my macro observation.

Perhaps it's some selection bias with the story of Figma.

Perhaps it's some selection bias with the story of Figma.

Folks are going, oh man, I got to hunker down for a few years. I should talk to Dylan.

Folks are going, oh man, I got to hunker down for a few years. I should talk to Dylan.