Tamara Winter

I’ve read most of the thread now. It seems like a lot of complaints boil down to: 1) actual quality of life issues (but this is one area in which SF is actually, noticeably improving!) 2) housing — incredibly fair. It seems like a nightmare to buy right now, and there’s also decent evidence that rents are going up. 3) weird tech people (maybe I just lucked out in that my core group of SF friends are not exclusively working in/interested in tech. This one sorta feels like people are telling on themselves) 4) SF has no culture. Again, telling on oneself. A seek and ye shall find situation. It’s no New York…but then what is 5) I do think some chunk of people are simply outgrowing it, which is also normal for any city! @TylerAlterman I also wonder if some of this is that you’ve built such a wonderful community in NYC, and without those people, perhaps nowhere feels right?

@tamarawinter @TylerAlterman same

Can anyone articulate why the vibe is so off in California and the Bay Area in particular even though it seems like everything is amazing? (beautiful weather, interesting culture, etc)

@jacksondahl @azacharyf @DialecticPod Also @sternhenri how does it feel to be the funniest Dialectic guest ever

@jacksondahl @azacharyf @DialecticPod I only needed to see this to know it’s an amazing tool. This is so cool @azacharyf!!

I'm kind of blown away... Insanely cool breakdown across @DialecticPod episodes with: - robust sentiment analysis (humor, language, vulnerability, conversational density) - most common topics, references, themes - how I ask questions - detailed episode breakdowns - so much more So honored that @azacharyf (and Fable) took the time to honor my guests and my conversations with a treasure trove of data to explore. I've only briefly poked around but it makes me very excited for both what's possible *and* proud to have created a relatively small body of work that I hope can stand the test of time and grow into a resource for curious, creative, crafty, soulful people.

“By then, Thompson was in deep financial ruin. He couldn’t bear to tell his family the scope of his losses, so he texted his therapist and indicated that he was planning to take his own life.”

@tracewoodgrains No one is reading anymore…not even the editors

"This version feels a little tighter and more magazine-style."

@calebwatney @IFP @coeff_giving @mattsclancy I am so incredibly proud of everything you’ve built at IFP, and the only thing that makes this ok is that you’re going from one dream team to the next ❣️

Some bittersweet news to announce today: I recently left @IFP to join @coeff_giving as Managing Director of Public Policy, where I'm building a new US AI policy team, overseeing the Abundance and Growth Fund alongside @mattsclancy, and managing CG's government affairs work. Building IFP has been the defining professional project of my life, and this was one of the hardest decisions I've ever made. In just four and a half years, our team became, pound-for-pound, the most effective think tank in DC. I feel insanely proud of the work we’ve done and the incredible team we’ve assembled. I sometimes joke that when @alecstapp and I launched IFP, we felt like two kids in a trench coat pretending to be a think tank. And now we're a proper institution! But it feels possible to step back now because they've hit escape velocity. The talent density at IFP is bonkers. And I have complete confidence they'll keep racking up counterfactual policy wins with Alec at the helm and our superstar directors. I'm staying on the IFP board and staying in DC. In some sense the new role is a continuation of the old one. All of IFP's policy issues are reflected in CG's portfolio, but now I'm working at a new layer of the stack. So why leave? Because AI is hitting Washington like a tsunami, and DC is still radically underprepared. I hold a lot of uncertainty about timelines, but it seems very plausible that the next 2–10 years will bring the fastest technological upheaval we've ever had to navigate. The new team I’m leading is a bet on how to prepare: proactively scanning the horizon, identifying gaps in the policy ecosystem, headhunting founders, and launching new organizations, while strengthening the democratic institutions that will have to steer through the transition to powerful AI systems. I've written an essay laying out the larger vision here: calebwatney.substack.com/p/a-long-seque… There is no master plan or silver bullet here. I suspect getting AI "right" is going to feel more like a chaotic, iterative process of institutions trying to make better decisions over time as the facts change underneath them. As John von Neumann wrote in 1955 about mastering an earlier technological revolution: “What safeguard remains? Apparently only day-to-day — or perhaps year-to-year — opportunistic measures, a long sequence of small, correct decisions.” Each of the small, correct decisions ahead will look small only in the sweep of the full historical picture. Up close, every one of them will require heroic levels of effort and coordination. Coefficient Giving is scaling rapidly to meet the moment, part of what Nan Ransohoff has called the “third wave of American philanthropy”, potentially large enough to fund thousands of new projects and organizations. The binding constraint is unlikely to be money. It will be people: grantmakers and policy entrepreneurs and others with the judgment to make a long sequence of small, correct decisions, and the ambition to build the institutions we wish we had. I'm hiring a team of exactly those people, starting with generalist grant makers and a chief of staff. If you share this vision, please apply! And if you are building something that we’ll need in the years ahead, reach out. jobs.ashbyhq.com/coefficientgiv…

@VirtualElena yes!

am visiting my hometown dc right now and there are so many similarities between here and sf that im surprised people don’t talk about it more: -industry towns populated by hyper-ambitious but ultimately good-natured autist types with world-historical ambitions -people introduce themselves by employer, and employer functions as a caste marker -very low buildings with few exceptions (washington monument / salesforce tower) all downstream of policy choices everyone complains about (height of buildings act / sf zoning) -nonexistent separation between work life and social life -beautiful rowhouses -etc.

@lindaxie @willwarren congratulations you two!! So happy for you

Personal news: my husband @willwarren and I are expecting a baby girl this winter and we couldn't be more excited! 😊

@lil_dill Didn't even know this happened! Love

Most of us judge a book by its cover before we've read a single page. That makes cover design a pretty special craft—and one of the many reasons it was so fun to have a Cheeky Chat with Pablo about his work designing the covers of Stripe Press books!

@james_f_thomas Morgan Library would be a d r e a m

this is making me think about where in NYC I'd want to have a wedding if I had that kind of money. I could rent out the entire Metropolitan Museum of Art. or, hell, the Metropolitan Opera. I could ride in on a horse in the middle of La Bohème and make Musetta officiate

@_djpn @stripepress @_theplaza I think we really underestimated the demand, mea culpa. We’ll do it again, promise 🙂‍↕️

@tamarawinter @stripepress @_theplaza Devastated to have missed this, but I look forward to meeting you and the crew again! All the best!

it’s very serious

@jeff82874662 Congratulations!!!!! Can’t wait to meet him

Tina did it you guys

@ArtirKel @demiurgently We’re going to do an SF one for the next book! Maybe with soft serve instead!?

@demiurgently @tamarawinter NYC fomo intensifies

Annnd we’re celebrating the launch only way we know how: with an obscene amount of Diet Coke. New Yorkers! Come see us @ Fosun Plaza (28 Liberty Street) between 11am and 2pm to pick up your copy and get a free Diet Coke or four🤭 Selfishly, I’ve wanted to produce softcovers forever; I’m so excited about this.

@imissblackmidi you called your shot! Proud of you!

No fucking way this worked

@EricJorgenson @stripepress @_theplaza 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ thank you Eric!!

@tamarawinter @stripepress @_theplaza iiiiiiiiiiincredible

@EvaXYZH @stripepress @_theplaza This fall!!

@tamarawinter @stripepress @_theplaza Stripe press popup in London when 🥺🥺

@czamaru @stripepress @_theplaza @underthenettle is constantly up to something with @WorksInProgMag! (But we will be back in the fall 🤫

@tamarawinter @stripepress @_theplaza Come to London pls pls 😭

@fuckpoasting @stripepress @_theplaza We’ll host more! Our next thing will be an Odyssey screening

@tamarawinter @stripepress @_theplaza so sad i missed this