Memes
Not blog posts. These are memes — ideas we want to spread. Take them, remix them, pass them on; spores don't carry copyright.
Jul 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Ideas Are Spores
This page used to be called a blog. That was the wrong word. These are memes — ideas packaged to travel, released to land where they're needed and grow without permission.
Robin T. SverdJul 13, 2026 · 7 min read
Imaginal Cells: What a Caterpillar Taught Me About Building a Festival
Two years ago I walked into a room of 400 strangers in Oslo. This spring I helped carry that festival to Amsterdam — 874 people, 48 dinners, 59 volunteers, and an AI crew behind the curtain.
Robin T. SverdJul 13, 2026 · 4 min read
The Dinner Table Is a Technology
The most advanced collaboration technology I've ever deployed seats eight people and requires candles. What our digital tools should learn from it.
Robin T. SverdJul 13, 2026 · 5 min read
The Hive Mind Needs a Nervous System
Our networks don't lack people or ideas. They lack connective tissue. On mycelium, ecosystem maps, and why AI's highest use is carrying signals between thinkers.
Robin T. SverdJun 16, 2026 · 7 min read
When Intelligence Replaces the Org Chart
Hierarchy exists to route information. Block is betting AI can route it better — and it's the same bet we've been making at Thrivbe.
Robin T. SverdJun 2, 2026 · 4 min read
AI Digital Teammates
A digital colleague that knows your business, takes care of the open loops, and gets better every single week — fully managed, no complexity.
Robin T. SverdMay 19, 2026 · 5 min read
I Spoke a Digital Twin Into Existence
I built a voice agent that lives on my website and talks in my voice — without writing a single line of code. Here's what that means.
Robin T. SverdMay 5, 2026 · 3 min read
We Don't Have a CEO. We Have a Network.
Most org charts look like pyramids. Ours looks like a network — because single points of failure serve no one but the ego.
Robin T. Sverd