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"Start with the end in mind" 

And

"Invert the problem or process"

Are very different things. Use them interchangeably at your own peril.

Let me give you a quick example. Imagine you are looking at a maze. Starting the maze with the intent of finishing it is "starting with the end in mind". Starting the maze at the end and working to the "start" is inverting the maze. Try it. You will find there is a huge advantage in inverting the problem that does not exist with "starting with the end in mind". 

Humans are naturally inclined to strive for "more" and to do it "faster". This desire to "get there" quickly is what I refer to as "collapsing time." Time to target can be collapsed, but not in the way people typically think or behave. 

To collapse time we need to invert and work backward 

 to move forward efficiently. It may seem counterintuitive but go back to the maze and imagine you actually have to walk, ride a bike or drive through it. The most efficient way to get to the end, quickly, would be to draw a map. The most efficient, the quickest way to draw a map? Start at the end and draw it backward. 

In doing so, you have inverted the path (

) conceptually in order to travel the path (

) efficiently. Inverting it conceptually:

Has given you the most efficient path to travel:

So let's talk about collapsing time or "getting there faster". First, we must have the path charted. Driving faster without directions is not likely to get you where you want to be. Knowing the path(s) forward is "Certainty." 

Certainty on the path(s) forward requires that we know exactly where we are starting and the exact destination or outcome we are trying to achieve. We cannot chart a path without those two data points and we will chart the wrong path if they lack precision. (it's amazing to me how many people want directions but won't be honest about where they are staring or what they actually want).

We want to collapse time which requires certainty which requires clarity. Conceptually:

Collapsing Time <-- Certainty <-- Clarity

Clarity --> Certainty --> Collapsing Time

We must define where we are and where we want to go before we do anything else. Then, by studying the "lay of the land" we can chart the most efficient path given what we know to be true right now. It's the best estimate given the current logic, reasoning, and evidence available. A plan to get from point A to point B is clarity. 

Clarity is necessary, but rarely enough. Just like a little traffic, road closure, or fallen tree can block a major road or highway and can mess up the direction you printed off from MapQuest, reality has a way of not going as planned. 

It's an operating system and consistently updated toolbox that allows for real-time adjustments to the path given unexpected events. Certainty requires the ability to figure things out, an open-minded and adaptable attitude, and an understanding of the current situation to make adjustments as needed.

If a one-time plan is Clarity, ongoing coaching or self-development is Certainty. (This is what 

Clarity is like MapQuest (or the first route given by Google Maps). Certainty is the ability to figure out alternative plans when life happens just as Google Maps adjusts to reality. 

 is like having a friend on speed dial that is also a police officer in one of the towns  you are driving through that will usher you through the town well above the speed limit as a favor. And another friend in another town that knows where all the speed traps are (since getting pulled over will slow you down) and where you can speed safely. 

It's having the wherewithal, resources, and ability to recognize or create leverage along the journey in little ways that can shave months, years, or even decades off your journey. 

You cannot collapse "time to target" if you don't have the ability to figure out  minor hiccups in the path. You cannot figure out how how to navigate minor hiccups if you don't have clarity on the path, to begin with. 

When you understand the 3C's you can better decisions. You don't have to ask: "is this widget, program, or service worth $40k?" or "If I pay $20k will I make it back soon?" Instead, you'll have the ability to recognize how it impacts "time to target" and ask yourself things like "Is it worth $40k to get there 4 years sooner?" or "is it worth $20k to increase the probability that I can figure out what comes next?"

In other words, you make decisions to get what you want, not to get "more, faster".

PS. This is worth reading today: "contended dazzlement of surprise" 

It's not "start with the end in mind"

#16 3C's and Inversion

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Earlier this year, we quietly stepped over our two-year anniversary and concluded our fifth Accelerator cohort. The cohort joined the ranks of over 60 projects in the Seed Club alumni network. Our sense-making network is not only expansive, it’s also mature (or weathered): when the experience of the many collaborators is figured in, the network’s cumulative age easily surpasses 100.

We decided it was time to try another experiment. This past November, we launched our newest builder-focused initiative: Greenhouse.

Greenhouse is a collaborative, experiential lab for early-stage builders to grow and convert their ideas into execution. Stemming from the success of our flagship Accelerator, Greenhouse addresses the large, unmet needs of builders at varying stages of development within the CLUB alumni community. These are operators, contributors, and members interested in exploring what it takes to build their own community, or to contribute as a DAO operator in a leadership capacity.

The inaugural Greenhouse cohort is a group of twenty builders curated from Seed Club’s alumni communities. This alpha cohort (GH01) culminates this Friday, December 23, 2022. The four-week journey provided the foundational knowledge and mindsets required for web3 success.

Greenhouse is primarily facilitated by its participants who are encouraged to explore the edges of their curiosities, while leaning on real-world case studies and experiences from the communities where they contribute. The desired outcome of bringing the best builders together is to expand their collective point-of-view, deepen the connections among the strongest web3 communities, and develop each builder’s thought leadership on a desired topic.

While this was our initial experiment in supporting and engaging a deeper layer of our network, we know this is only the beginning. This Greenhouse cohort will culminate in a GH01 report, which will include various reflections from our builders on a spectrum of topics and our takeaways from working deeply with contributors across our alumni network.

Our team is eager to learn from the feedback of the builders who’ve participated in this cohort, to continue iterating on the design of the program, and to expand its offerings in the future. We’re so excited to see the experiments and partnerships that will naturally emerge from gathering the best web3 builders in the same room.

Stay tuned for a deeper look into Greenhouse, and our next design iteration of this experience. LFTG!

Introducing: Greenhouse

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In "The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher," written by Lewis Thomas in 1974, the author explores the close connection between humans and nature and emphasizes the importance of understanding our role within it. 

From the intricate interdependence of all living things to the awe-inspiring probability of human existence, Thomas argues, convincingly, that we should be constantly surprised and grateful to be alive. He spent his life studying how things work and believed that by understanding the complex relationships in the natural world, one could never be bored. He states, "Once you have become permanently startled, as I am, by the realization that we are a social species, you tend to keep an eye out for the pieces of evidence that this is, by and large, good for us."

To understand the world at a deep level is to understand the scientific, mathematical, and statistical arguments for gratitude. 

A Gray Wolf is rarely bored and rarely complains because to become a Gray Wolf you must think deeply about the world and one that thinks deeply about the world will find themselves in a "contended dazzlement of surprise".

That is a gift, a probabilistic miracle. What are you going to do with it?

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Ex Machina

I strongly believe that no matter how repugnant a technology might sound at first blush, I need to try it out myself before forming a firm opinion. When I don't I find that my implicit biases colour my judgment - to the point where I assume the worst before giving it a chance. As a commentator on the impact of technology on society, I can hardly express an opinion without experiencing it first hand.

It was in that spirit of experimentation that I signed up to Digi Yatra - the government's new biometric access system for air travel - despite protestations from every privacy bone in my body over the risk of handing over facial data. I had to make a day trip to Delhi for a conference and, given the horror stories about the interminable queues at Terminal 3, I was hoping that Digi Yatra would improve the odds that I would make the return flight on time.

Onboarding was relatively easy even though it takes a bit of effort to set it up the Digi Yatra app. You need to first allow the application to take a photograph of you using your phone's selfie camera. This is the image that will identify you at the airport so try and make sure it is clear and well lit. Once you have done this you need to add your identity information to Digi Yatra. If, like me, you already have the DigiLocker app installed on your phone with your Aadhaar details updated, all you need to do is connect Digi Yatra to your DigiLocker app and authorised it transfer your Aadhaar information. From start to finish, it took me all of 5 minutes to complete this initial set-up process. And since this is a one-time set-up process I will never have to bother with it again.

Now all you need to do just before you travel, is share the specific details of your flight with the airport so that they can identify you when you show up. To do this you first add information about your flight to a digital wallet on the app. This is easy enough as the Digi Yatra app can scan the QR code of your boarding pass and automatically extract the relevant flight information that needs to be stored into the wallet. You can do this upto 24 hours in advance but, no later than 2 hours before your flight is scheduled to depart, you have to share the information in your Digi Yatra wallet with the airport so that your face biometrics and associated travel information is uploaded onto the airport's Biometric Boarding Processing System (BBPS).

Much of the opposition to Digi Yatra has been on privacy grounds. Civil society activists are concerned about the use of facial recognition technology and the fact that if we allow our photograph to be uploaded onto the Digi Yatra servers it will inevitably be used to track us wherever we go.

This fear is misplaced for two reasons. In the first place if it is government access to your photograph what you are worried about, I am sorry to break it to you but that ship has already sailed. For the 

 of us have who have Aadhaar cards, our photograph is already with the government in one database or the other. It is not clear how Digi Yatra is going to make this situation any worse.

But perhaps most importantly, Digi Yatra has been 

 to keep your personal data remains on your device as far as possible. This includes, most importantly for the purposes of this discussion, the photograph you took when you first set the app up. That photo is never shared as is, Instead it is first converted into a digital template that extracts a set of unique data points and stores it in a specified format. These data points are what is used to identify whether the person standing before the scanner is you or not. It is impossible to use this data to generate a photograph of you and so the fact that it is being shared has very little privacy significance.

This is all that is transferred to the airport BBPS when you share your travel information and it is against this biometric template that the airport identifies you as you pass through its various checkpoints. 24 hours after your flight departs all this data is purged from the airport systems.

This is privacy by design. At every stage the app makes every effort to use only as much information as is necessary to achieve its stated purpose - no more. And once that purpose is served, all the data is purged. The only place where it remains is on your device - under your control so that you can, if you choose, simply delete the app and all the data that it has collected.

As it happened, the conference I was supposed to be speaking at was running late even before I arrived. When our turn came to speak, the audience must have really enjoyed what we had to say because there were more questions than anyone could have anticipated. By the time I left the venue and got into my cab I knew that there was every likelihood that I was going to miss my flight. Not only did I have the dreaded T3 queues to get past but now I had to contend with New Delhi's utterly unpredictable mid evening traffic snarls.

Despite the best efforts of Baljeet, my taxi driver, by the time I got to the airport I had just 40 minutes to make it to the boarding gate. I took one look at the long queues at the entrance and knew that if, for any reason my Digi Yatra didn't work there was no way I would make my flight. I took a deep breath and scanned my boarding pass and looked at the camera till it snapped a picture and turned green. I was through.

Ten minutes later I was in my seat on the plane.

Your Face is Your Boarding Pass

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A legacy of the ancient Greeks, forever to be there.

Of love and war, of stories yet to be told.

A symbol of the ancient Greeks, forever to depart.

A message to the world, a history to be seen,

Of myths and legends, stories of dwelling.

A rare and precious legacy of ancient Greek pottery.

And the tales they tell, forever to hold.

So let us appreciate the beauty of ancient Greek pottery, a piece of art that tells the story of the past and will be cherished forever.

A reflection of the culture and the way of life,

A story of the ancient Greeks, forever to shine.

A legacy of a people, forever to be cherished,

A testament to the ancient Greeks' artistry,

A treasure of the past, forever to be a part of history.

So let us appreciate the beauty of ancient Greek pottery,

A treasure of the past, forever to be cherished and admired.

A legacy that tells the story of a people,

And will forever be an inspiration for the future.