Ed Manzi

Harvard Law '20 NEU '15. Founder of Unmuted ( - we're an offline hub for smart people to meet smart people and talk about the big stuff.

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Tip for past me: do a run of show. Even if you’ve done the same type of event 100 times. Just do it.

You owe the people giving you their time and money the best experience, every time. So suck it up and do your 101st run of show.

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Events in MN made me question UNMUTED for a minute. When we watch the same exact videos and come to entirely different conclusions, what hope is there for a better politics? Then I realized, we get it by doing the hard, boring work of organizing. We will be OK.

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Don't go to a conference without a plan. My rule is 20 conversations a day, 10 value-add convos, 5 with a reason to follow up. Quantifiable, difficult, but achievable.

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Alex Pretti was murdered. Admin could have said 1) any death of an American is a tragedy and 2) we're investigating fully. That separates policy from enforcement. Accountability is in both parties' best interest. The silent majority will respect it, even if the loud voices won't

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Ah goths. The voting constituency that liberals underestimate at their own peril.

[𝕲𝖔𝖙𝖍 𝕯𝖆𝖉𝖉𝖞 @JakeMunro]

When I first started rejecting the Left as a goth, the sentiment from them was that MAGA and conservatives would treat me even WORSE than they do. But all I've seen is more compassion, understanding and individuality within members of the Right than I've ever seen from the Left.

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@robkhenderson "My wife. No respect"

-Rodney Dangerfield

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@realaniskhan @gregisenberg This is an ai written post on social media on a tweet about people getting off social media because of ai slop

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Sustainability is important. Obviously. But if we're going to truly move away from a Fast Fashion world. We need to talk about the real trade-offs.

Join us this Thursday for a Wine Happy Hour to discuss - especially if you work in the fashion industry! Sign up at link in bio

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IDK if this counts as a reverse HIPAA violation but...

Last week, I got unsolicited advice from my doctor about my career choices - how I should have been a lawyer. Thanks for the advice, but you're obviously not the first to say this and more importantly, I really didn't ask.

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Are protests effective? Do they move the needle on policy, or just make us feel good?

Pictures from our last event...our next Salon event is Friday, August 22. The Role of Law and Order. Sign up here: https://t.co/vP5O3Czf50

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Hosted at Unmuted Member Mark Carlson's abode. This is an important topic, and one that needs more conversations and less blind activism.

Comment "policy" and I'll DM you a link.

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Not the most fun thing to post about but important. Want to highlight R Street Initiative's work on shining a spotlight on Juvenile Detention sexual abuse. It's a big problem
https://t.co/zBW3VXaCec

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Events for next week below - check us out at https://t.co/KWbeJMsufP. Our first free event is in central park this saturday - what's the role of selfishness?

#nycevents #unmuted #summer #centralpark

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@xray_media @jlippincott Ai

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@WriterRomana @conservmillen Damn this is kinda crazy but would be genius if true

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Testing testing testing this is unmuted

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Thoughtful post shared with me from the FP by my friend Jane Zhang. I have always wrestled with my pursuit of "a calling", a reason for being beyond eating and drinking. But sometimes I do wonder if I'm missing the things that really matter. #ambition #age #family #friends #life

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Everyone says they want authenticity. But in practice? Most companies choose lawyers over honesty. UHG - a comms team could’ve saved millions by just telling the truth. Instead, layers of legal review and corporate hedging made things worse. #wsj #uhg #tellthetruth

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@bendreyfuss Can't disagree with this....you see so much of it regardless of the take.

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@DittiePE can someone explain to me whats wrong with this? Genuinely? Are there counterarguments?