Erik Berg

🛠 Aspiring Better Builder 🔴 AFC 🎲 Board Game Sommelier 🐲Fantasy Novel Proselytizer ✍Writer

[Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView]

Ready for church 😊 #COYG

[Jurrien Timber @JurrienTimber]

How good is god man

[Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView]

One thing I keep coming back to after writing about product management this week:

The most important product decisions are often not technical.

They are moral.

What do we optimize for?
What kind of behavior does this product encourage?
Who bears the cost when we get it wrong?

[Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView]

One of my strongest convictions as a PM:

Our users often need repair more than they need novelty.

Shipping is glamorous.
Repair is not.

But if you take responsibility for the impact of what you build, repair is part of the craft.

[Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView]

Curious where people agree, where they disagree, and what feels incomplete in this framing.

[Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView]

I think we misunderstand the role of the product manager.

The standard framing is that PMs create value by translating between business, technology, and customer needs.

That is not wrong, but it is incomplete.

[Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView]

I wrote a longer essay on this if you want the full argument: https://t.co/balkGzzEM0

[Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView]

I think we misunderstand the role of the product manager.

PMs do more than prioritize, translate, and coordinate.

They help decide what kinds of behaviors a product encourages in the people who use it.

That means the role carries moral weight.

https://t.co/balkGzzEM0

[Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView]

@clivepafc Is it an exaggeration to say that our hopes and dreams for the season rest in this man’s hands given the injury situation?

[Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView]

@ClunyInstitute @lukeburgis This essay unpacks what I learned, how I'm applying it in my life, and how it connects to the Philosophy of Building Better.

Let me know if it resonates!

https://t.co/Muor7MnaeC

[Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView]

Most people think agency is about doing whatever you want.

But the most powerful kind of agency?

Choosing what you commit yourself to.

Here's what I learned about agency, truth, and ethical building from a course that changed how I think:

[Erik Berg @aBergsEyeView]

@ClunyInstitute @lukeburgis Some of the ideas that left a mark:
🎤 Parrhesia – Speak truth even when it costs you
👀 Mimetic desire – Be aware of how others' desires impact yours
🛠 Thick desires – Pursue what pursues you
🌄 Reverence – Virtue starts with awareness
🔮 Mystogogy – Lead others toward truth