"Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage." Notable resolution lists from Susan Sontag, Woody Guthrie, Marilyn Monroe and more: brainpickings.org/2013/01/01/fou…

The good people at VC Labs have made me aware of the Mensarius Oath for ethical investing. vcl.to/mensarius #MensariusOath

NEW: Marcelo Claure and Shu Nyatta launch $500M growth equity fund with #LatAm focus refreshmiami.com/marcelo-claure… Refresh Miami #miamitech #latamstartups

Latest #MiamiTech News: Base’s tech-enabled membership club makes it easier to make meaningful connections refreshmiami.com/bases-tech-ena…

As Lionel Messi descends, Miami economy faces another turning point nbcnews.com/business/econo… via Rob Wile @nbcnews

Happiness is plummeting. The world is more connected yet more disconnected than ever I’ve got a theory on why…. We used to have more community. We traded church for Mr. Beast. Sunday Sermons for Live Streams. Don't you agree? And here's what I think happens next.... A

UPDATE: We’ve been building an IRL social network called Base. We operate on the principle that the best moments in life come from spending time with great people in-person. Base is designed to make these types of moments consistent, authentic, and meaningful.

Quite possibly one of the worst customer service experiences I've ever had has been at Assurant. Strongly recommend any other insurance service, #MiamiTech community. Least timely, most confusing, and nonsensical repeated responses - spare yourselves.

Thesis: There will be a rise of $1M/month “paid communities” over the next 5 years. Even a handful of $5M+/month paid communities. A few probably go IPO. It’s SaaS-like MRR returns without having to compete against Microsoft. No investing millions to create software. 90% of

An unfortunate trend: Adult loneliness. • 1 in 3 Americans report feeling lonely often • 12% say they don't have close friends • Adults under 30 feel the most lonely Here's the story of a biz that turned this sad trend into a $2.4M/yr opportunity:

Blood donation has immediate as well as long-term benefits for health.

Was at a private dinner last night with thought leaders, founders, a doctor and an artist. And I was reminded of 3 things. Small groups > Small talk I learned more about these 6 people in a 2 hour private dinner than I've ever learned about something at a big networking

This was part of our thesis around launching base.club

This past weekend, Awesome MIAMI celebrated a decade of empowering small, grassroots ideas in our community! Check out the documentary we released to mark the occasion youtube.com/watch?v=p_4AyJ… Thank you The Miami Foundation Knight Foundation for the support over the years! Cc: Awesome Foundation

This USA TODAY article is a thoughtful summary of the loneliness epidemic and why social connectedness is the antidote. usatoday.com/story/news/hea… Base is a siren call to a new age where technology + hospitality merge to change the way we build community. base.club

Loved this share from Nick Gray / How to Make Friends on "good conversations having lots of doorknobs." experimental-history.com/p/good-convers… At base.club we are focused on conversations between strangers turning interesting and atypical quickly, and this article was a perfect summary.

The story of the unusual friendship between a female grey wolf and a male brown bear. They were spotted every night for 10 days straight, spending several hours together between 8pm to 4am. They would even share food together. Finnish photographer Lassi Rautiainen observed them

Sam Altman says that there's going to be a huge market and premium on "human, in person, fantastic experiences" in the next 5-10 years

"Y nunca creer que las cosas que se derrumban no puedan levantarse de nuevo. Nunca creer que lo triste durará más que nuestras fuerzas"... Sergio Carrión

Jack Altman patriciahalfenwexler.medium.com/the-issue-unde…