Tom Hoy

At home where technology, culture and social science meet. Co-founder @stripepartners

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New writing: Lucien Karpik, the limits of "Jobs to Be Done" thinking and our work with Spotify to make recommendations more meaningful https://t.co/6ctzu3cqbi

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@TomPark1n What number did she call? We’ve been calling the main number and it just tells you that no agents are available and ends the call. Family of 4 stranded in Calgary trying to get back to London. Thanks for any info!

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@mcandidate

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@Klingebeil It’s amazing how quickly they’ve become the default in hybrid working contexts (as well as remote) - even when people are together in the office

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@amasad Yes! We’ve come full circle - amateurs are recast as users

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The rise of the User is the return of the Amateur. With one key difference: software empowers Users with the best known Techniques.

Read more in our new edition of Frames here: https://t.co/tRyIyen7VF

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Tools like Dall-E promise to provide Amateurs access to the best known methods. Time will tell which Techniques will pass to the realm of the User, and which will be retained by experts.

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The rise of the User is the return of the Amateur. With one key difference: software empowers Users with the best known Techniques https://t.co/XA8d1NYSXE

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Jacques Ellul perceived our obsession with Technique was turning Craftspeople into Technicians (thanks for the tip @jamestplunkett ). But he didn’t predict how software would turn Technicians into Users

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@hautepop Love this insight. Also I’ve always thought there’s a contradiction between the interests of the user (find a good match quickly) and the dating platform (ongoing revenue)

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Yesterday @willpageauthor was in our office for a brilliant talk about his critically acclaimed book "Tarzan Economics". We recommend checking it out and giving his podcast "Bubble Trouble" a listen: https://t.co/ON2Uin4QiU

Thanks Will, it was a pleasure having you!

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@berkun It’s an important distinction but is often used to dismiss what people say. What they say reveals their desires and aspirations. What they do reveals their current constraints/experience. A good researcher explores the intersection of both.

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@hot_town @shumonbasar @DougCoupland @HUObrist Yes cues a more positive angle to it

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I’ve never been sold that web3 is just a goldrush. “The Extreme Self” by @shumonbasar @DougCoupland @HUObrist explains the deeper motivations behind why so many people are all in https://t.co/VnE0s8aZQj

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I was late to this book, but I highly recommend it if you want an artful, visually arresting thesis on the direction our identities are shifting. https://t.co/xBdz2qSepW

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In my interpretation of the book I try more explicit the idea of the “Sensing Self”, which is alluded to. I think it’s a useful counterpoint to understand why our physical identities are equally compromised as our online selves, but for different reasons.

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