What Are You Going To Do About It?

The last time I wrote to you in these pages, OSV was in its infancy. We had launched only a few months prior and, like a toddler taking its first steps, were approaching the world with wide-eyed wonder. ‍ I focused on a question that any parent or grandparent will be all too familiar with: “Why?” My thesis was simple: the ideas that change the future will come from those who challenge the prevailing wisdom. ‍ OSV aims to unleash the potential of those willing to embrace the “Why?” mindset. That simple, one-word question inspired me to get out of bed in the morning at age 23, still does at age 63, and will continue to do so at age 103. ‍ But, like any question, “Why?” is not the end. It is the beginning. Challenging the status quo is all well and good, but changing it is something else entirely. ‍ Somewhere along the way, those of us seeking to change anything – our humanOS, our future, our world – must temper our dewy-eyed optimism with the cool detachment of execution. ‍ We have, in o

The last time I wrote to you in these pages, OSV was in its infancy. We had launched only a few months prior and, like a toddler taking its first steps, were approaching the world with wide-eyed wonder. ‍ I focused on a question that any parent or grandparent will be all too familiar with: “Why?” My thesis was simple: the ideas that change the future will come from those who challenge the prevailing wisdom. ‍ OSV aims to unleash the potential of those willing to embrace the “Why?” mindset. That simple, one-word question inspired me to get out of bed in the morning at age 23, still does at age