Weekend Reading

Writing worth reading - 11th/12th July 2020

• The Rise of the Solo Capitalists by Nikhil Basu Trivedi

  • “I view them as a distinct group, separate from angel investors and from venture capital firms, in today's financing ecosystem”

• Our Minds Aren’t Equipped for This Kind of Reopening by Tess Wilkinson-Ryan

  • “For social-distancing shaming to be a valuable public-health tool, average citizens should reserve it for overt defiance of clear official directives—failure to wear a mask when one is required—rather than mere cases of flawed judgment”

• Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by Gideon Lewis-Kraus

  • “Other prominent figures in Silicon Valley, including Paul Graham, the co-founder of the foremost startup incubator, Y Combinator, followed suit”