Sam Weinstein

Founder, Teacher @CreatorClubco

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

To predict the future, ask who will be in it.

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

@kumesh_a @speedrun Speedrun (literally) https://t.co/OdWmDvfB9d

[Jason Freedman @jasonfreedman]

Last week, my 9 year old son designed his own game in Minecraft. It was a 'Try-Out' for Creator Club, a new experience for kids that want to become builders.

In simple terms, it was coaching on how to build a 'Parkour Spiral' in Minecraft Java.

For us, it meant that we had to get Ethan a computer, get him a mouse, set him up with a place where we could 'work'...and then get out of his way.

With zero additional support for me, Ethan 'worked' 6-10 hours a day building/programming his Minecraft world with Sam's assistance. He taught himself to type. He set alarms in the morning to get up early. He stayed focused for hours at a time. He researched solutions when he got stuck. He devoured advice.

Too many people talk negatively about video games without understanding what they mean to a kid. Ethan building a Minecraft world is quite literally the best version of himself. It was soooooooooo wonderful to watch him.

Good work Sam - great project! If you have a Minecraft-loving child, I'd check out Creator Club.

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

@LostInVisionss 2D > 3D

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

“It's important for my kids to have their own adventure—to do something interesting. Have some wins. Have some losses. I just hope I can be a part of helping them find that.

Why do I say adventure? If you think the food, shelter, and your basic necessitates are essentially covered for you in abundance; it's still not going to change millions of years of hardwired physiology—how your brain has evolved.

If you understand humans desire for agency, grit, problem-solving, socialization, risk taking ... to play games, solve problems, socialize ... if you don't do those things, you'll have people telling you to put your kids on SSRIs to get those things.

That's why the best word I've come up with is adventure. I'd like my kids to have an adventure like me, and it's still only half done.

Exposing them to possibilities, high-agency people ... young people have that energy—I wish someone would have exposed me earlier to entrepreneurship, to risk-taking ... Man, if a 10 or 16-year-old JCal had experienced Tokyo!” @Jason @chamath

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

“What would take a week, or a month, or a year... you literally do in minutes or hours. This is the age of the solo founder. You just have to have taste.

It takes a while for a startup to catch fire, but I feel like I'm standing outside with a magnifying glass through the blazing sun, and I'm able to focus it—and all my experience, background, technical knowledge [to] just catch something with fire.” @garrytan @bryantchou

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

@twistartups @Jason @chamath If you want your kids to build agency on an adventure: https://t.co/OdWmDvfB9d

[Jason Freedman @jasonfreedman]

Last week, my 9 year old son designed his own game in Minecraft. It was a 'Try-Out' for Creator Club, a new experience for kids that want to become builders.

In simple terms, it was coaching on how to build a 'Parkour Spiral' in Minecraft Java.

For us, it meant that we had to get Ethan a computer, get him a mouse, set him up with a place where we could 'work'...and then get out of his way.

With zero additional support for me, Ethan 'worked' 6-10 hours a day building/programming his Minecraft world with Sam's assistance. He taught himself to type. He set alarms in the morning to get up early. He stayed focused for hours at a time. He researched solutions when he got stuck. He devoured advice.

Too many people talk negatively about video games without understanding what they mean to a kid. Ethan building a Minecraft world is quite literally the best version of himself. It was soooooooooo wonderful to watch him.

Good work Sam - great project! If you have a Minecraft-loving child, I'd check out Creator Club.

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

@DavidDeutschOxf ✨ Tolerance

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

1 + 1 ≠ 2 until people believe.

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

@jasonfreedman ✨ Agency

[Jason Freedman @jasonfreedman]

Last week, my 9 year old son designed his own game in Minecraft. It was a 'Try-Out' for Creator Club, a new experience for kids that want to become builders.

In simple terms, it was coaching on how to build a 'Parkour Spiral' in Minecraft Java.

For us, it meant that we had to get Ethan a computer, get him a mouse, set him up with a place where we could 'work'...and then get out of his way.

With zero additional support for me, Ethan 'worked' 6-10 hours a day building/programming his Minecraft world with Sam's assistance. He taught himself to type. He set alarms in the morning to get up early. He stayed focused for hours at a time. He researched solutions when he got stuck. He devoured advice.

Too many people talk negatively about video games without understanding what they mean to a kid. Ethan building a Minecraft world is quite literally the best version of himself. It was soooooooooo wonderful to watch him.

Good work Sam - great project! If you have a Minecraft-loving child, I'd check out Creator Club.

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

New from Stripe Economics: The Age of the Solopreneur

https://t.co/GTS8jEcK5z

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

Hunger Games: Tastemakers in the Cloud

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

“We need continuous education to be built into society. Because the leverage that you’re craving—it’s actually permissionless, it’s available to everybody, but it’s knowledge-based. The gate to it is not some banker sitting on a pile of money. The gate to it is knowledge, and the building and sharing of that knowledge.” @naval

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

@lessin https://t.co/iC9xb0jdcI

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

Minecraft Villager

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

@markpinc Mensch!

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

@discord is so undervalued it’s ridiculous.

[Sam Weinstein @samweinstein]

@garrytan @naval That’s the point.