Visakan Veerasamy (AKA Visa) is a writer, both on Twitter and through his books Friendly Ambitious Nerds and Introspect — both of which I highly recommend. We talk about writing; networks, scenes, and subcultures; deviants and outliers; being introspective; and more.
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(00:42) Visa's background
(05:45) Online networks need a cultural paradigm shift to realize its true potential
(12:25) We need clusters of independent yet connected communities encouraging pro-social behaviors
(18:16) Change comes from small, bottoms-up movements
(26:25) The next round of recruiters for the scene
(29:04) Historical scenes & outliers, and how to manufacture more of them
(34:44) Being authentic & informal, & attracting intrinsically motivated people
(43:03) The lifecycle of sub-cultures
(46:44) Accepting & encouraging deviants
(55:26) Writing Friendly Ambitious Nerds and Introspect to Introspect
(01:02:26) What he wants to write next (or rather, what wants to be written)
(01:07:13) Trying to become more ambitious, & the tradeoffs of improving your strengths or weaknesses
(01:20:13) Visa's final question for listeners
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Visa’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/visakanv
Visa’s website: https://visakanv.com/
Introspect: https://visakanv.gumroad.com/l/introspect
Friendly Ambitious Nerds: https://visakanv.gumroad.com/l/FANbook
Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SP1NS1R
Spencer’s blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com/
