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co—matter digest #55: New insights on the future of community

The Architecture of Misuse


Julien de Smedt makes no difference between his personality and the way he works. Growing up in Brussels and Paris in the 1980s, he discovered skateboarding as a means to use and abuse the city in new ways; an approach the award-winning architect has since applied to his projects in more than 45 countries.

For our latest podcast conversation we sat down with Julien to find out how architecture and design influences our social interactions.

Welcome to this year's first co—matter digest.

We hope you find value in this month's essential reads on the future of community, our most recent conversations, upcoming events and updates from the network

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Severin

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🤔 What's the future of community?

Our essential reads of the month.

100 true fans: in 2008 Kevin Kelly's article on 1000 fans inspired the next decade of community-led businesses. In the future, a16z's Li Jin proposes you'll only need 100 super-fans to run a thriving business.

Nick Cave: After his son tragically died, musician Nick Cave launched a weekly newsletter and invited his fans to ask him anything. A new album came out of it.

Digital campfires: We are moving away from big social media platforms and into smaller, more niche communities. Sara Wilson calls it digital campfires and The Era of Antisocial Social Media.

The Business of Community: In case you forgot (or need to convince your boss), this is a good summary of how community can become a competitive advantage for your company.

Community is the new moat: According to the First Round 2019 State of Startups, 80% of startup founders believe building a community of users is important to their business.

(We wonder if those communities are sustainable through venture-backed business models though. Bring in the Zebras please.)

Fresh insights from the podcast

Search for "co-matter" on iTunes, Spotify, Google or wherever you listen to podcasts to subscribe.
Lea Korsgaard & Jakob Moll: Zetland, The Future of Community Based Media
The two co-founders of Danish digital newspaper and media company Zetland on how they grew from 0 to 10,000 paying subscribers.

42:54 mins | Listen here
Darius Kazemi: How to Run Your Own Social Network
Internet artist & social media researcher Darius Kazemi explains how anyone can build a private social network for 50 of their closest friends.

35:28 mins | Listen here
Helen Job: The Future of the Future Forecaster
Helen Job, founder of London-based insights and research agency TCO Labs, on what the future of future forecasting holds.

08:39 mins | Listen here

News from the network

What co—matter people are up to these days.

Petra Costa's "The Edge of Democracy" is nominated for the Oscars. Here's how she made it.

Helen Job and Sam Fox released their "Future of Community" Report in London.

Henrik Hagedorn joined us and runs Mentoring.Design, a new community for design mentorship.

Anne Philippi launched The New Health Club, a new platform and community for the future of psychedelics.

Andres Colmenares and Lucy Black-Swan released the first program for IAM Weekend, the annual gathering for creative thinkers & doers exploring the futures of the internet(s) on March 19-21 in Barcelona.

co-matter is finally on Instagram. Pls follow us.

What's next?


Severin sat on a couch with hacker, artist, activist and former The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi to talk about the future of activism. on the podcast.
 
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