Josh Miller
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Maybe you should go work for him. So I went to get a job at Meetup. And on my first day of the internship, Scott gets up and he says, we're going to turn away from the banks and we're going to turn to each other on Kickstarter. And we're going to turn away from big box retailers and we're going to turn to each other on Etsy. And he went on and on. And it was deeply inspiring.
Maybe you should go work for him. So I went to get a job at Meetup. And on my first day of the internship, Scott gets up and he says, we're going to turn away from the banks and we're going to turn to each other on Kickstarter. And we're going to turn away from big box retailers and we're going to turn to each other on Etsy. And he went on and on. And it was deeply inspiring.
And it was that part of me that fell in love with tech and the idealism behind it. And to me, that shows two things. One, I have always been motivated by people at the other end. And two, Scott was totally wrong. I love him. But I think, honestly, the part of me after the election that said, I got to fix something. We got to do something. We got to fix democracy with technology.
And it was that part of me that fell in love with tech and the idealism behind it. And to me, that shows two things. One, I have always been motivated by people at the other end. And two, Scott was totally wrong. I love him. But I think, honestly, the part of me after the election that said, I got to fix something. We got to do something. We got to fix democracy with technology.
And it was that part of me that fell in love with tech and the idealism behind it. And to me, that shows two things. One, I have always been motivated by people at the other end. And two, Scott was totally wrong. I love him. But I think, honestly, the part of me after the election that said, I got to fix something. We got to do something. We got to fix democracy with technology.
I'm still an optimist. I still care about people. But I think we now have right size what our role should be, which is instead of saying in that moment, how do we as some tech company with 20 people fix democracy or improve our civic society?
I'm still an optimist. I still care about people. But I think we now have right size what our role should be, which is instead of saying in that moment, how do we as some tech company with 20 people fix democracy or improve our civic society?
I'm still an optimist. I still care about people. But I think we now have right size what our role should be, which is instead of saying in that moment, how do we as some tech company with 20 people fix democracy or improve our civic society?
It's just as worthy and ambitious to say, my sister-in-law, who's a teacher and spends hours every day copying and pasting between different software to be a teacher, let's get rid of that busy work for her. That is just as ambitious and that's just as worthy. And so honestly, there's kind of been this personal transformation from,
It's just as worthy and ambitious to say, my sister-in-law, who's a teacher and spends hours every day copying and pasting between different software to be a teacher, let's get rid of that busy work for her. That is just as ambitious and that's just as worthy. And so honestly, there's kind of been this personal transformation from,
It's just as worthy and ambitious to say, my sister-in-law, who's a teacher and spends hours every day copying and pasting between different software to be a teacher, let's get rid of that busy work for her. That is just as ambitious and that's just as worthy. And so honestly, there's kind of been this personal transformation from,
early 20s, the internet is going to fix everything to, hey, let's just make our friends and our family and our lives a little better every day. So don't get me wrong. I still have that part of me that is as idealistic and hopeful that the web and the ideas behind the internet can improve these top level ideas.
early 20s, the internet is going to fix everything to, hey, let's just make our friends and our family and our lives a little better every day. So don't get me wrong. I still have that part of me that is as idealistic and hopeful that the web and the ideas behind the internet can improve these top level ideas.
early 20s, the internet is going to fix everything to, hey, let's just make our friends and our family and our lives a little better every day. So don't get me wrong. I still have that part of me that is as idealistic and hopeful that the web and the ideas behind the internet can improve these top level ideas.
But we are much more interested in almost like the anthropological approach to Neil I's day. How do we make it a little bit better and find worth in that?
But we are much more interested in almost like the anthropological approach to Neil I's day. How do we make it a little bit better and find worth in that?
But we are much more interested in almost like the anthropological approach to Neil I's day. How do we make it a little bit better and find worth in that?
This is where I'm just a big believer in the web. As tricky a moment as it is in many ways, I believe the web has won, is winning, and will win. And I think in the web, there are enough parties involved. There are enough incentives where it's not really about the browser company. It's about betting that the web is an application platform.
This is where I'm just a big believer in the web. As tricky a moment as it is in many ways, I believe the web has won, is winning, and will win. And I think in the web, there are enough parties involved. There are enough incentives where it's not really about the browser company. It's about betting that the web is an application platform.
This is where I'm just a big believer in the web. As tricky a moment as it is in many ways, I believe the web has won, is winning, and will win. And I think in the web, there are enough parties involved. There are enough incentives where it's not really about the browser company. It's about betting that the web is an application platform.