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Dave

@thisisdavekim.com
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I (still) believe that we can create a more just and joyful world through design, technology, and community. And a fair bit of luck. Currently working on Applied AI stuff. Previously at IDEO, Gates Foundation, and ?What If! Innovation.

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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 26/02/2026
The best people I've met aren't strategy people or execution people. They're both. So when the cost of building something approaches 0, they go faster, but they're also more generative (and strategic and playful). They aren't just building derivatives of the same thing.
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 24/02/2026
Whether you call it play, care, dreamweaving, or just giving a damn, how you do something matters. Great post by @behzod.com on infinite romance.
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 05/02/2026
What are you optimizing for? What are you playing for?
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 22/05/2025
5/22/2025 - Confirmed by OpenAI: openai.com/index/introd... What does this part mean?
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 02/04/2025
I've been thinking a lot about personal stories recently and stumbled on something Yancey Strickler wrote last year. "First we live, then we learn, and last we narrate." The path is rarely clear when you're on it. It's only when we look back at where we've been that we see the common thread.
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 14/03/2025
We focus so much of our attention on algorithms, but not enough on the design of social networks. Loved this insight from @randomwalker.bsky.social on what makes TikTok feel so different here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/tiktoks...
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 12/03/2025
Jazzkeys by Plan8 (plan8.se). (turn the sound on!)
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 11/03/2025
It's time for new metaphors.
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 06/01/2025
Imagine that your town just got a million dollars - but first, you have to agree on how you'll make decisions about it. How would that go? www.thisisdavekim.com/notes/decisi...
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 09/12/2024
New week note! This week: - What do we see? What do we not see? (@maxroser.bsky.social) - The power and danger of metaphors (@melaniemitchell.bsky.social ) - Ads, ads everywhere - Brain rot - Simultaneous levels of information (@wattenberger.com )
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 25/11/2024
New weekly note! This week: - The Dark Forest Theory & building a better internet (@kissane.bsky.social) - Knowledge Objects & LLM markups (@thejaymo.net) - Feature on OpenAI's first artist in residence - Benedict Evans' annual tech report - Navigating hybrid careers (@johnmaeda.bsky.social)
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 14/08/2024
I’ve seen this episode before. Watch out for Danny.
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Dave @thisisdavekim.com · 12/08/2024
When I was at the @gatesfoundation, I worked on improving people's access to digital financial services. One thing I picked up along the way was noticing how people paid for things. And once you see it, you see it everywhere. We modify and adapt objects and systems all the time.
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