Jackson Steger

Founding Director @ and building better ways to live together

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

Insanity - especially contrasted with Singapore, where you just scan your passport in a machine upon ingress and egress. Takes 10 seconds.

American customs is already bad but Europe's EES rules are going to take the crown for worst travel bureaucracy now.

[TaraBull @TaraBull]

CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports U.S. passport holders heading to Europe face long delays from the new EU Entry/Exit System.

[Kim-Mai Cutler @kimmaicutler]

Why has modular construction failed in the United States?

"Sweden has used prefabrication to deliver mid- and high-rise housing at competitive cost and high quality for decades, and the explanation has nothing to do with engineering. Sweden has a standardized national building code and, more consequentially, a Public Housing authority that has committed to enough repeat volume to give factories a reason to invest, improve, and stay in business."

"In our experience, the building code is as much to blame as land use policy. The U.S. has delegated code development to more than 20,000 local jurisdictions, each with its own byzantine requirements, making it nearly impossible to develop a standard product that can be sold at scale across state lines."

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

You can't really build a startup society without thinking through how to accommodate families.

We now have programming for kids 4+ and a nanny service for toddlers ages 1-3.

It takes a village to raise a family. @ns is that village.

[marianne @tuakdotsol]

There’s a Silicon Valley for tech families… but it’s not in California.

It’s in Johor, Malaysia, costs a fraction, has a waiting list, and zero cut-throat competition.

It’s the hidden-gem version.

I attended an @ns Families session last week, and this is what they're actually building.

Network School is already known as the hub for builders and founders.

What’s quieter: a fast-growing circle of tech parents raising kids while shipping companies and products. Today we sat down to level up the family side.

First problem every parent named in the first 60 seconds: How do you burn off a toddler’s endless energy so they actually sleep at night?

Sounds small. It’s not. It’s the difference between a productive day and a completely destroyed one.

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

After playing with @GoogleDeepMind 's newest video model Omni, the best prompts define a video's CLASS

- Composition
- Lighting
- Action
- Style
- Setting

The model really excels at video-to-video, especially when including these five elements in your prompt.

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Gemini Omni doesn't just build scenes that look real, it reasons about what should happen next. It combines an intuitive understanding of physics with Gemini's knowledge of history, science, and cultural context.

Rolling out today starting with video outputs to Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers globally through the @Geminiapp + Google Flow, and @YouTube Shorts this week.

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

@farhaj So sick! Love seeing folks go from popup to permanent. Psyched for you guys, and love seeing lots of great familiar faces in this video

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

@Gonzohall Yes! You can see a few of them in this photo

For toddlers, we have a free daily nanny service from 9a-5p.

We now also have kids meals and roomier accommodations for families.

More family features cooking soon.

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

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[urbanist slop hq @SlopHq]

bike commuting has a lower mortality rate per mile than driving, eliminates parking costs, improves cardiovascular health, and means you arrive having done your workout. it is objectively the superior commute and we have spent 70 yrs engineering cities to make it feel impossible

[Ciaran Cannon @ciarancannon]

When you show people an alternative reality, one that prioritises humans over cars, and gives them back their city, they will vote for it again and again.

[Michael Schneider @schneider]

The mayor of Paris @Anne_Hidalgo is my personal hero. She turned a global city with some of the most chaotic streets filled with cars into a paradise for pedestrians and cyclists. She did it not because it was politically easy (it wasn’t) but because it was the right thing to do.

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

@adele_bloch @the_transit_guy Yes. Fairness is overrated

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

At @ns, we're doing the work to build that confidence.

Each month, a new cohort of 100+ people come from around the world to our island campus.

Like clockwork, a mix of NS Core and longtermers help folks from every culture move in, find a rhythm, and level up (physically, professionally, or otherwise) together.

This is a giant effort by many people. And while there is still much to improve (and I am as self-critical as they come), I do look around with increasing confidence at the beginning of each month, knowing that we continue to iterate and get better with each rep.

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

One of my favorite @DwyaneWade quotes:

"Real confidence comes from doing the work."

After Game 4 of the 2006 Finals, Wade went to the gym at 3 AM just to shoot free throws. He told his trainer the title would come down to those shots.

He was right. He hit two free throws with 1.9 seconds left in Game 5 to take a one point lead in the game and a 3-2 lead in the series.

Later, he explained why he wasn't nervous: "You've done it over and over. You've seen yourself do it."

He watched the ball go in the net so many times that he knew he wouldn't miss.

Most people try to "visualize" success as a form of wishful thinking. For DWade, visualization was a memory.

True confidence is the calm that comes from having a mental library of successful reps to fall back on.

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

@_sawka_ Legends

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

Tonight was one of the best examples I’ve seen of the @ns community coming together.

This event was run by the community - they invited the guests, created the agenda, and transformed the café.

[NS @ns]

From tonight's Claude Code meet up.

@balajis opened and then a bunch of NS members and entrepreneurs held a series of lightning talks to share how they use @AnthropicAI to get stuff done.

[Han @hanstmy]

Only possible in Malaysia.

@ns is the only place where you get real work-life balance, healthy meals, positive people, and serious builders.

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

We have hundreds of vetted builders coming to @ns each month to build with AI and create awesome stuff

Paging partnerships folks at @OpenAI @claudeai @GeminiApp @xai @cursor_ai @Replit et al - hit me up if you want to help them build on your platforms.

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

The new white collar vs. blue collar:

Are you telling the AI what to do, or is the AI telling you what to do?

[Jackson Steger @JacksonSteger]

One of my favorite @DwyaneWade quotes:

"Real confidence comes from doing the work."

After Game 4 of the 2006 Finals, Wade went to the gym at 3 AM just to shoot free throws. He told his trainer the title would come down to those shots.

He was right. He hit two free throws with 1.9 seconds left in Game 5 to take a one point lead in the game and a 3-2 lead in the series.

Later, he explained why he wasn't nervous: "You've done it over and over. You've seen yourself do it."

He watched the ball go in the net so many times that he knew he wouldn't miss.

Most people try to "visualize" success as a form of wishful thinking. For DWade, visualization was a memory.

True confidence is the calm that comes from having a mental library of successful reps to fall back on.

[Kai is a journalist @teo_kai_xiang]

I feel like this term captures what's going on in the job market right now.

[Tetr College of Business @tetrcollege]

There’s something special about being in a room where everyone’s building something.

Our students spent the day at Network School (@NS), immersed in real conversations (with @JacksonSteger, @Balajis, Dawn and Nick), a @Kickstarter showcase, and founder 1:1s.

Learn. Burn. Earn.