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Of Management and Mosquito Nets
In his new book, “Lifeblood,” Alex Perry shows how philanthropists have applied management principles to charitable work around the world.

Jack Dorsey
Entrepreneur
Read about the work of my friend and mentor, Ray Chambers.

The Art of Fiction No. 21

Jack Dorsey
Entrepreneur
I've read this amazing interview 3 times. @ParisReview interviews Hemingway. Work, life, love: all the same and one.

The Great Lesson of California in America’s New Civil War
Why There’s No Bipartisan Way Forward at this Juncture in Our History — One Side Must Win

Jack Dorsey
Entrepreneur
Great read

Hemingway’s Ideas of Heaven and Hell: The 26-Year-Old Author’s Letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald
“To me a heaven would be a big bull ring with me holding two barrera seats and a trout stream outside that no one else was allowed to fish in and two lovely houses in the town.”

Jack Dorsey
Entrepreneur
Hemingway’s Ideas of Heaven and Hell: The 26-Year-Old Author’s Letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Yuval Harari, author of Sapiens, on how meditation made him a better historian
What kind of mind creates a book like Sapiens? A clear one.

Jack Dorsey
Entrepreneur
The author of Sapiens @harari_yuval does a 60 day silent meditation every year

Richard Linklater on Baseball, College Life and His New Film
The director drew on his college playing days for “Everybody Wants Some!!,” which he calls the “spiritual heir” to “Dazed and Confused.”

Jack Dorsey
Entrepreneur
Richard Linklater on Baseball, College Life and His New Film

Maggie Haberman: Why I Needed to Pull Back From Twitter
The viciousness, toxic partisan anger and intellectual dishonesty are at all-time highs.

Jack Dorsey
Entrepreneur
A few thoughts on @maggieNYT ’s article on Twitter. A lot of fair critiques within.

Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech
Altering the internet's economic and digital infrastructure to promote free speech

Jack Dorsey
Entrepreneur
Recently we came across @mmasnick’s article “Protocols, Not Platforms” which captures a number of the challenges and solutions. But more importantly, it reminded us of a credible path forward: hire folks to develop a standard in the open.

Testifying at the Senate about A.I.‑Selected Content on the Internet—Stephen Wolfram Writings
Stephen Wolfram’s written testimony to the US Senate regarding algorithm transparency. He explains some of the complex intellectual and scientific problems involved, then offers two possible suggestions for paths forward.

Jack Dorsey
Entrepreneur
Some of these issues were emphasized by @stephen_wolfram in a blog post following his Senate hearing titled “Optimizing for Engagement: Understanding the Use of Persuasive Technology on Internet Platforms”