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Lowercase Politics(neilthanedar.com)
1 points by thanedar 8mo ago|0 comments
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by thanedar 8mo ago
Alex Pretti is a particularly perfect plaintiff to wake up Trump's base to the rising threat of 1st and 2nd amendment violations. Like I wrote in the post, it would only take ~12 million activists to mobilize a true People's movem
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How Revolutions Really Start(neilthanedar.com)
3 points by thanedar 8mo ago|3 comments
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by thanedar 9mo ago
I will keep arguing that canvassing for a political movement is the highest potential thing most Americans could be doing now. I'm not talking about running for office yourself. You don't have to do it full-time. But try it. Focus
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by thanedar 9mo ago
Solve your two problems first! I do think this resonates with a lot of especially YC founders who have broken through 1 and 2 but are missing the most important 3.
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by thanedar 9mo ago
Made some edits last night. But I think the post still stood up 95%+. The middle is full of stories of how I failed for years. I think I can help you, here's how I failed, then succeeded, you can too! And my book is truly the next step
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by thanedar 9mo ago
Politics can be so much more than elections! Focus on one issue and one bill, like you would with a startup MVP. You can solve some of these problems in weeks! Raising my family and building lasting things for the world are my positive sour
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by thanedar 9mo ago
Work ≠ capitalism! It's about making your work the most meaningful thing possible! If that's a very pro-social politics, might be exactly what you want!
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by thanedar 9mo ago
For sure! I've written a lot about depression too! But I do think a lot of what people otherwise blame on burnout or depression is really this existential hunger to make more positive impact. Finding that highest purpose can change liv
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by thanedar 9mo ago
You get off the hedonic treadmill by getting into something deeper like politics. I do feel like I'm an example of someone who's juggled marriage, kids, startups, etc. where how I finally got a clean source of sustainable energy w
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by thanedar 9mo ago
Your greatness is still all here! And it can be earned precisely by fighting to fix bad things. I found that working in politics, against corruption and for Positive Politics, is how I make the most positive impact and gain the most energ
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by thanedar 9mo ago
This. Focusing on your highest potential is energizing and the rest is what we call burnout. Having kids is what caused me to think so hard about these questions, both for myself and them. I have to justify every minute I'm not with th
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by thanedar 9mo ago
Love the idea that your kids are your life and the two hours when they're in bed is also your life! I'm very much in that same place too. Many of my posts and most of my book were written in either the first two hours after they g
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by thanedar 9mo ago
Zen about kids and warrior about work! And work = highest purpose!
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by thanedar 9mo ago
Love how you highlighted your morning excitement now! That's what I was going for in this post! What are you trying now that you actually want to do? Cheering for you! (And please let me know what you would've liked to see in the
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by thanedar 9mo ago
For sure. That's why I focused on the Monday morning meaning problem. Dreading work is very different than overwork. I'm arguing we replace the "what's the point?" question with a "what's my highest purpos
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by thanedar 9mo ago
What were you looking to read about in that spot? Work shouldn't be treated as a "necessary evil". Reconciling the work vs. meaning split is hugely important. Even if it means making less money short term, aligning work and p
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by thanedar 9mo ago
Kids and work definitely increase the degree of difficulty! I'm juggling three young kids while going full-time in politics and publishing my first book this year. What I've found is stretching to launch Positive Politics now is a
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by thanedar 9mo ago
Blogging has always required aggressive titles. My best posts for years all used this "you" or "we" focused framing too. Trying to solve people's biggest problems!
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by thanedar 9mo ago
I'm married with three kids! And that's great! But like I say in the post, I still know I'm capable of making a bigger positive impact on the world, so that's how I focus my political work!
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by thanedar 9mo ago
Thanks! And congrats on giving notice! Excited to hear what you do next! Cheering for you!
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You’re not burnt out, you’re existentially starving(neilthanedar.com)
355 points by thanedar 9mo ago|413 comments
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by thanedar 3y ago
This is a sequel to my post "It's 1994 Again" about Biotech 1.0. The biotech revolution has consistently been ~25 years behind the internet revolution. Both revolutions started with major government projects (ARPANET in 1966
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by thanedar 3y ago
Right now, the SEC is considering raising the accredited investor definition from $1M+ net worth to $10M+. As is, just 10% of Americans qualify as accredited. This increase would make startup investing the exclusive domain of the 1%. We sho
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by thanedar 4y ago
Hi Trevor. Thanks for this reply. I agree that we need different politicians, not just more of them. My hypothesis is "altruists can win elections", and I'll test it by helping many of them get elected. (Inspired by YC's
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We Need a Y Combinator for Politics(neilthanedar.com)
8 points by thanedar 4y ago|2 comments
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by thanedar 4y ago
Hey Denny! Thanks, I'll check them out!
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by thanedar 4y ago
My idea here is to get more founders from zero to Mittelstand faster. From there, they will have many exit options, including corporates, PE, and even IPO. I don't believe there's anything in the Mittelstand definition that prohib
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by thanedar 4y ago
Banks are a great option $1-10M+ revenue. PE works $10M+ revenue. I'd target this Y Combinator for Mittelstands accelerator at the $0 to $1M stage for pre-Mittelstands.
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by thanedar 4y ago
These $10M-$1B revenue businesses are great buyout targets for corporate and private equity firms, and these companies are increasingly going public at the higher range. (About 1/3 of PE exits last year were via IPO). I dig into the da

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