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Intellectual biography of Venkatesh Rao — writer, consultant, and independent intellectual. Covers his writings (Ribbonfarm, Tempo, Breaking Smart, The Clockless Clock), key concepts (Gervais Principl
Venkatesh Rao: Protocols, Intelligence, and Scaling sourceLongform Podcast #174: Venkatesh Rao sourceVenkatesh Rao: The Three Types of Decision Makers sourceProfile of Venkatesh Rao (India Currents or similar publication) sourceNotable Reviews and Reception of Tempo sourceNew Models Podcast EP 25: LIFE GO BRRR sourceML121: Venkatesh Rao on Leveraging the Power of Dialectic and Lessons from the Creative Process sourceConversations with Tyler: Venkatesh Rao on Blogging and Temporal Philosophy sourceEconTalk: Venkatesh Rao on Tempo and Decision-Making sourcePandemic Time: A Distributed Doomsday Clock writingWelcome to the Future Nauseous writingGetting Ahead, Getting Along, Getting Away writingThe Extended Internet Universe writingPremium Mediocre writingThe Boydian Dialectic writingContraptions (newsletter, 2024-present) writingA Big Little Idea Called Legibility writingThe Gervais Principle (Ribbonfarm blog series) writingAgainst Waldenponding writingThe Art of Gig, Volumes 1 & 2 writingCrash Early, Crash Often writingBe Slightly Evil: A Playbook for Sociopaths writingThe Unreasonable Sufficiency of Protocols writingRibbonfarm Roughs Series writingThe Internet of Beefs writingThe Clockless Clock (serialized temporal philosophy) writingHow Software is Eating the World (Breaking Smart Season 1) writingThe Locust Economy writingThe American Cloud writingFat Thinking and Lean Thinking writingThe Art of Gig (newsletter on indie consulting) writingTempo: Timing, Tactics and Strategy in Narrative-Driven Decision-Making writingDomestic Cozy writingRibbonfarm: Experiments in Refactored Perception (blog, 2007-2024) writingThe Calculus of Grit writingCozyweb conceptLegibility conceptDomestic Cozy conceptNarrative-Driven Decision-Making conceptTempo conceptThe Gervais Principle conceptPermaweird conceptThe Calculus of Grit conceptInternet of Beefs conceptWaldenponding conceptProtocol Thinking conceptThe Clockless Clock conceptPremium Mediocre conceptBlogchain conceptRefactored Perception conceptFuture Nauseous conceptCozyweb Turn eraPost-Ribbonfarm eraXerox/Corporate Period eraAcademic Period eraPeak Ribbonfarm eraStuart Kauffman personJames C. Scott personNassim Nicholas Taleb personSarah Perry personHerbert Simon personMarc Andreessen personTim Beiko personJohn Boyd personChet Richards personChristopher Alexander personErving Goffman personBreaking Smart organizationRibbonfarm organizationYak Collective organizationBerggruen Institute organizationSummer of Protocols organizationUniversity of Michigan organizationAndreessen Horowitz (a16z) organizationXerox Research Center, Webster organizationEthereum Foundation organizationRibbonfarm Blog Archived (End of 17-Year Run) eventPhilosopher-in-Residence at Andreessen Horowitz eventRibbonfarm Blog Launch eventPublication of Tempo eventLaunch of Summer of Protocols eventBoyd and Beyond Conference Presentation (2012) event