Become the Center of Gravity

Fresh from a doctor’s appointment and back on the mic, Matt reinforces the throughline he keeps landing on: building a business in 2026 is about community and events. His evidence is a Verge interview with Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of the news outlet Semafor, which has turned profitable in just a few years by doing what Smith calls an “anti-scale” business. Instead of the old maximum-traffic…