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Christopher Gates
@CGates123
Founder CRG Consulting | Previously @Lux_capital, @techcrunch | Webby Award-Winning Producer
Oakland, CA
crgconsulting.com
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    Christopher Gates
    @CGates123
    Feb 3
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    Consensus Is the Enemy of Breakthrough
    A 25-year-old with no product pitched investors on a company named after humanity's stupidest attempts at flight. They wrote him a check for $180 million. Ben Spector's @flappyairplanes - yes, that's...
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    Christopher Gates
    @CGates123
    Jan 29
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    How Societies Collapse: Slowly, Then All at Once
    For the record, I spend very little time thinking about the Roman Empire. Florian Jehn, on the other hand—now here's someone who has probably made his way through "The History of the Decline and Fall...
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    Christopher Gates
    @CGates123
    Nov 17, 2025
    I think the real tension here is not Technology vs No Technology but the pace of change. "Luddite" is used as shorthand for "I can't metabolize the rate of change" Tho the rate at which technology becomes mundane is extremely fast. So maybe there is hope.
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    The Orthogonal Bet by Lux Capital
    @OrthogonalBet
    Nov 17, 2025
    So you say you’re a Luddite... but you’re wrapped in technology you’ve forgotten is technology. Language. Windows. Shoes. The alphabet. The only tech we fear is the stuff invented after we were born. So the real question: are you a Luddite or just nostalgic? @TinkeredThinker
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    Christopher Gates
    @CGates123
    Nov 14, 2025
    If you like your sci-fi with fewer doomsday cult vibes and more actual imagination, this episode is your jam. Loved producing this one—Sam and Tinkered Thinking got into the good stuff. Highly recommend.
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    The Orthogonal Bet by Lux Capital
    @OrthogonalBet
    Nov 14, 2025
    “If the stories we tell shape the future, maybe we should tell better ones.” On the new Orthogonal Bet, @arbesman talks with @TinkeredThinker, author of White Mirror, about AI futures, doomer brainworms, and what happens when humans live way past 80. 📚 Book giveaway ↓
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    Christopher Gates
    @CGates123
    Sep 23, 2025
    Such a fun project!
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    Neal Agarwal
    @nealagarwal
    Sep 23, 2025
    You can now embed any captcha from I'm Not a Robot onto your site! use it on your fintech site, b2b saas, edu platform, possibilities are endless

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