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Hello!
Rhys here. Been a while since my last post. July 11th, to be exact. As a refresher, here’s roughly what happened since then, as shown by search trends:
FTX, GPT, and PSG.
My own little world changed a lot in 2022. During the last 6 months, the Roote team and I were heads down trying to make our startup studio model work. That’s why I stopped writing this newsletter. Focus!
In the end (and in this market), we couldn’t make it happen. I shut down the studio. So grateful to the team for taking a bet on Roote, and excited to see what they do next. ❤️
Still, I messed up and hired people before we had a clear path to impact and financial sustainability. Starting something is hard.
So now, in 2023, it’s just me again at Roote. I’m focused on two big things:
Accelerating frontier people with the Roote Fellowship. Now on RF6. We have 20 great fellows!
Mapping the frontier with my book, What Patterns Want.
Also, as part of mapping the frontier, I’ll be writing and podcasting more consistently.
Expect more posts here in future weeks. But for now, I just want to share the amazing podcast guests I’ve had in the last 9 months. Hope you learn something from this crew. I sure did.
(Also, let me know how you’ve been. I’ve missed ya! ❤️)
The interviews below are in chronological order, but I wanted to highlight my most-played episode:
Chris Stringer, one of the world’s leading physical anthropologists, teaches us how the fossil record reveals the mysteries of human evolution. So good!
For the remaining twenty-two episodes below, choose a few that might interest you. There are podcasts on globalization, YIMBYism, redlining, tools for thought, progress studies, misinformation, ML, web3, VC, big history, the origins of life, and more.
Let me know what you think. Thanks!
Hope you have a great week!
Warmth, Rhys
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