Idea machines

Things We Want to Talk About:

• The uses and abuses of an agenda
• Differences between Idea Machines and communities (specifically in re: prior work)
• The diagram, what do we want for Reboot in 5yrs, 10yrs?

• Do idea machines collaborate / work together?

• Nadia was really interested in philanthropy and foundations (as a way of funding things that startups / non-profits could not)
  • She worked at Github, Substack → why isn't modern tech wealth moving into institution-building or deep tech? (Why is it all EA adjacent lol)
  • Patronage is good for some things, but larger projects need to be funded
• Reboot is about 1) good vibes and hanging out, 2) book clubs, 3) good ideas
  • we have SOME funding
    • Do we want more? What for?
  • No real political agenda
  • But is that a worthy goal? Where should we put our broader organizational strategy?

Do we want Reboot to have a more ambitious, outcome-driven ideological/political/etc agenda?

And are there tradeoffs

• Organize around a central goal
  • It’s not clear that is / should be central goal for Reboot
• What are the borders of an idea machine?
• What are things that are important to all members of Reboot?
  • Writing, reading
• Outcomes we care about: having a good time, making stuff we think is cool
• One difficulty with decentralized orgs like Reboot: reaching a point of coherence

What are some examples of KPIs that Reboot Could Have?