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Values, Social Networks, and The Wisdom Economy with Joe Edelman
Values, Social Networks, and The Wisdom Economy with Joe Edelman
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100 minutes
Released:
Oct 8, 2019
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Podcast episode
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Joe Edelman (@edelwax), philosopher, social scientist, designer, and founder of Human Systems, joins Erik on this episode.They discuss:- Why the internet didn’t achieve its promise of connecting people on a deeper level.- Why we’ve become very good at shopping and networking around goals and preferences but not around values, and how this manifests in the differences between Couchsurfing and Airbnb.- Why he says that philosophers and micro-economists have the best ability to figure out how people make choices, and why their approach is better than that of psychology or neuroscience.- How a “meaning economy” or “wisdom economy” could work.- His explanation for what values mean to him, and how his have changed over time.- How he would change Twitter, Facebook, and Tinder, if he was in charge of product at those companies.- Why people who break down all their decisions in complicated spreadsheets are fooling themselves into thinking they’ve made a better decision.- How metrics and values interact, and how to think about metrics in your personal life.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
Released:
Oct 8, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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