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Every parent dreads the day their kid comes home from school and asks them this question:
"So when am I getting a phone?"
A few weeks ago at Humans in the Loop I shared what we are helping families do about it (membership application below)
"So when am I getting a phone?"
A few weeks ago at Humans in the Loop I shared what we are helping families do about it (membership application below)
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Daily screen time briefs from Clearspace
A quick check-in on your kid's screen time from the day before.
Want to make a change based on what you see? Just send a text and it's done.
You get an idea of what's going on and get rid of the distractions.
A quick check-in on your kid's screen time from the day before.
Want to make a change based on what you see? Just send a text and it's done.
You get an idea of what's going on and get rid of the distractions.
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Royce Branning retweeted
Hey @a16z you forgot a category!
- Family
And you'll soon see @getclearspace at the top of that stack. 🤩
x.com/a16z/status/21…
- Family
And you'll soon see @getclearspace at the top of that stack. 🤩
x.com/a16z/status/21…
"Most people aren't looking to save time, they're looking for ways to spend their time."
9 of 15 consumer internet categories have zero AI products in the Top 100. These built some of the biggest companies of the last two eras:
- Streaming
- Social
- Dating
- Gaming
- Travel
- estate
- Jobs
More charts in our Top 100 Consumer AI Apps breakdown: a16z.news/p/top-100-cons…
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Biggest difference about digital native Dads:
We're going to make sure our kids screen time is LOCKED DOWN until they are ready for the internet
We're going to make sure our kids screen time is LOCKED DOWN until they are ready for the internet
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Royce Branning retweeted
The @getclearspace Family Membership will be a game changer for any parent who wants to help their kids learn to use their phones and the internet in a way that helps them rather than hurts them.
Check it out: clearspace.org/application
Check it out: clearspace.org/application
Screen time wasn’t a thing when I was a kid.
We had smartphones, we had social media, but the landscape was new and the dangers were hidden.
In 2023 during @ycombinator we launched Clearspace Self Control which has saved more than a million people from their phones.
In 2024 I arted dreaming about what it would look like to give kids a childhood with less screen time.
We discovered that the key was to make it easier for parents to teach their kids the life skill of screen time - more transparency, more trust. Common reference points and a reliable foundation for meaningful conversations.
We made checking in and setting reasonable boundaries as easy as sending a text to a babysitter.
The Clearspace Family membership is officially open for new applicants.
clearspace.org/apply
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Screen time wasn’t a thing when I was a kid.
We had smartphones, we had social media, but the landscape was new and the dangers were hidden.
In 2023 during @ycombinator we launched Clearspace Self Control which has saved more than a million people from their phones.
In 2024 I arted dreaming about what it would look like to give kids a childhood with less screen time.
We discovered that the key was to make it easier for parents to teach their kids the life skill of screen time - more transparency, more trust. Common reference points and a reliable foundation for meaningful conversations.
We made checking in and setting reasonable boundaries as easy as sending a text to a babysitter.
The Clearspace Family membership is officially open for new applicants.
clearspace.org/apply
We had smartphones, we had social media, but the landscape was new and the dangers were hidden.
In 2023 during @ycombinator we launched Clearspace Self Control which has saved more than a million people from their phones.
In 2024 I arted dreaming about what it would look like to give kids a childhood with less screen time.
We discovered that the key was to make it easier for parents to teach their kids the life skill of screen time - more transparency, more trust. Common reference points and a reliable foundation for meaningful conversations.
We made checking in and setting reasonable boundaries as easy as sending a text to a babysitter.
The Clearspace Family membership is officially open for new applicants.
clearspace.org/apply
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There is no more powerful force on the planet that a group of parents working together to help their kids.
And we just gave each of them dedicated screen time concierge that they can text over iMessage.
💙🔒
And we just gave each of them dedicated screen time concierge that they can text over iMessage.
💙🔒
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50 Moms just cracked the screen time problem for their family.
The kid’s are going to be alright.
clearspace.org
The kid’s are going to be alright.
clearspace.org
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One of the unexpected delights of helping parents set healthy guidelines and get on the same page with their kids about healthy screen time is allowing both to enjoy intentional time ON devices.
There is a time and place - and a lot of fun to be had once those are established
There is a time and place - and a lot of fun to be had once those are established
Too much screen time may be bad for kids, but I can't wish scenes like this hadn't happened.
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Royce Branning retweeted
The fly would rather scroll twitter than escape in 5/5 trials once given sufficient slow-drip reward.
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Royce Branning retweeted
Gonna raise a fund one day to invest exclusively in founders who are eldest daughters.
Will be raising exclusively from LPs who are youngest brothers.
Will be raising exclusively from LPs who are youngest brothers.
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If you are a founder that reads, you need to get your highlights and annotations into context for your agents.
It is very simple, this is what I do:
1) Highlight and annotate books, articles, podcasts in Reader.
2) Connect them to claude/claude code/chat with Reader MCP
3) I use certain books/articles as a launch point for new agents that are helping me with projects (basically like the books I'd give to a new employee).
Those agents have my "take" on how to get something done as informed by the book that was my foundation for a given perspective.
This is the best way I've found to enrich the context of my working sessions with perspectives I'm cultivating through reading. Which is how work used to be, but the speed of development and information generation/consolidation of these tools has a habit of drowning it out. Ghostreader is a great addition to the suite.
It is very simple, this is what I do:
1) Highlight and annotate books, articles, podcasts in Reader.
2) Connect them to claude/claude code/chat with Reader MCP
3) I use certain books/articles as a launch point for new agents that are helping me with projects (basically like the books I'd give to a new employee).
Those agents have my "take" on how to get something done as informed by the book that was my foundation for a given perspective.
This is the best way I've found to enrich the context of my working sessions with perspectives I'm cultivating through reading. Which is how work used to be, but the speed of development and information generation/consolidation of these tools has a habit of drowning it out. Ghostreader is a great addition to the suite.
New in Reader: you can now chat with your entire library!
Ask Ghostreader to search for you, quiz you on your reading, organize your docs, and so much more. It's fully agentic.
Your answers will reference exact passages in any [article/tweet/PDF/book/video/newsletter] you’ve n web/desktop: read.readwise.io/ghostreader
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