FIELD NOTES — FOLLOWING

People whose work I pay attention to.

A curated list of voices that sharpen how I think about technology, markets, design, and culture.

Winter 2026
Patrick Collison @patrickc

Thinks at civilizational scale about what makes progress possible. His writing on fast-growing companies, scientific funding, and infrastructure is a constant recalibration for how I evaluate ambition.

Following since 2024
Virgil Abloh @virgilabloh

The 3% rule — the idea that changing something by only 3% can create something entirely new — reshaped how I think about originality, remixing, and the boundaries between disciplines.

Following since 2019
Kyla Scanlon @kabornelius

Coined “vibecession” and makes economics feel alive. Her ability to translate macro sentiment into cultural narrative is something I try to bring to my own financial analysis.

Following since 2023
Fall 2025
George Mack @george__mack

A contrarian thinker who distills complex strategy into sharp, visual threads. His frameworks on status games, razors, and second-order thinking have become part of my decision-making toolkit.

Following since 2023
Julie Zhuo @joulee

Former VP of Design at Meta. Her writing on the craft of management, design critique, and building product teams is the clearest thinking I’ve found on what good design leadership actually looks like.

Following since 2021
Earlier
Nassim Taleb @nntaleb

Antifragility as a concept changed how I evaluate systems, careers, and portfolios. His insistence on skin in the game and intellectual rigor is a north star for how I try to think about risk.

Following since 2018
Naval Ravikant @naval

His ideas on specific knowledge, leverage, and building long-term wealth without selling time are foundational to how I think about career strategy and compounding.

Following since 2019