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As a bureaucrat, my role is to annoy my friends. Someone voices an idea, “Wouldn’t it be nice if…” or “I wonder if we could…” I make a note. I do some estimates. If it pencils out, I’ll bring it back up, week after week. The discussions are fun, but also practical. We’ll test the waters, what would be a minimum viable scheme? What's easy, what's hard? Who could do the hard parts? Over time the idea gets more detailed, specific, feasible. I’ll pull out a calendar. Soon our scheme has co-conspirators, action items, even a budget. It's just good staff work.
I’ve been hearing whispers in the wind for a year now.
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Outline:
(02:11) How Lighthaven Works
(05:45) What Does DC Need?
(06:52) A Day in the Life
(10:19) Minimum Viable Lighthaven
(12:04) ...so you mean a Group House?
(14:27) ...so you mean a Co-Working Space?
(16:27) Feasibility Study
(17:35) Property
(22:19) Funding
(24:55) What is the Minimally Viable Funding?
(28:03) Leadership
(31:06) Cultural Fit
(33:21) Name and Brand Positioning
(35:20) Ability to Scale
(37:48) Risks
(41:09) First Steps
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By LessWrongAs a bureaucrat, my role is to annoy my friends. Someone voices an idea, “Wouldn’t it be nice if…” or “I wonder if we could…” I make a note. I do some estimates. If it pencils out, I’ll bring it back up, week after week. The discussions are fun, but also practical. We’ll test the waters, what would be a minimum viable scheme? What's easy, what's hard? Who could do the hard parts? Over time the idea gets more detailed, specific, feasible. I’ll pull out a calendar. Soon our scheme has co-conspirators, action items, even a budget. It's just good staff work.
I’ve been hearing whispers in the wind for a year now.
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Outline:
(02:11) How Lighthaven Works
(05:45) What Does DC Need?
(06:52) A Day in the Life
(10:19) Minimum Viable Lighthaven
(12:04) ...so you mean a Group House?
(14:27) ...so you mean a Co-Working Space?
(16:27) Feasibility Study
(17:35) Property
(22:19) Funding
(24:55) What is the Minimally Viable Funding?
(28:03) Leadership
(31:06) Cultural Fit
(33:21) Name and Brand Positioning
(35:20) Ability to Scale
(37:48) Risks
(41:09) First Steps
The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.
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First published:
Source:
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

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