Show Notes
Ben Lang leads community at Cursor, where 1,000 users applied within days to host Cafe Cursor popups. We cover the logistics of cafe takeovers, printing the cloud to the land, Society-as-a-Service, and connecting the top 1% of power users. If you're interested in materializing digital communities on land, come to Network School. Apply online at https://ns.com.
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