Voices of eCommerce

What if?  What if we re-thought what "social" means, to rid ourselves of the dark elements and instead promote the enriching parts?  In this episode, we talk to Brian Amerige, CEO and co-founder of Thoughtful, and who takes us on a journey on rethinking social.  His app, Thoughtful (available at https://thoughtful.community/Brian) represents his effort to bring this vision to reality.Specifically, we discuss:Why we need ideas to flourish as humansHow current social platforms promote non-enriching content, leading to toxic environments.How Thoughtful promotes ideas through the consumption of interesting content.Why "Thoughtful time" creates a number for screen time you should be proud of. The marketplace for new apps is still huge - especially for positive, human centric apps. In Thoughtful, engagement with people is limited to the extent it can help engagement with ideas. Why metrics at Thoughtful are used to inform decisions but not make decisions. How the "judgement coefficient" helps match individual interests with other people with similar interests, and their recommendations, regardless of popularity of that content. How you could use Thoughtful to improve your college experienceWhy students should focus on problems when thinking about their career.