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After Mexico’s top streamer — the president — left office, YouTube creators hustle for views A slew of content creators built small social media empires off Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose...
3 days ago
Noahpinion
A better way to build a downtown It's time to learn a Japanese word: "zakkyo".
2 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Beating the Averages
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
There is no American Ambani A tale of two tech industries.
9 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Size markets using narratives, not numbers Anyone who has pitched VCs knows they are obsessed with market size.  If you can’t make the case...
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over a year ago
Anyone who has pitched VCs knows they are obsessed with market size.  If you can’t make the case that you’re addressing a possible billion…
Data Boutique
The Hard Economics of Selling Web Data Market components to consider when selling pre-scraped datasets
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Indonesia has more than 700 languages. Can AI save them? Most LLMs such as GPT, Llama, and Gemini are trained largely in English, but several Southeast Asian...
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Most LLMs such as GPT, Llama, and Gemini are trained largely in English, but several Southeast Asian firms are focusing on Bahasa Indonesia and other regional languages.
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The end of anonymity on Chinese social media Forced to use real names on platforms like Weibo, Chinese influencers quit social media instead.
a year ago
Noahpinion
How do you deal with real, actual Nazis? They come back every few decades, spreading the same old lies.
3 months ago
Rest of World -...
Ride-hailing in Pakistan: A driver’s endless struggle for a clean car This inDrive worker says he is tired of passengers treating his car like a donkey cart.
a year ago
Essays - Benedict...
The AI summer Hundreds of millions of people have tried ChatGPT, but most of them haven’t been back. Every big...
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Hundreds of millions of people have tried ChatGPT, but most of them haven’t been back. Every big company has done a pilot, but far fewer are in deployment. Some of this is just a matter of time. But LLMs might also be a trap: they look like products and they look magic, but...
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#11) "Bullshit jobs", racial depolarization, the YIMBY-union alliance, China's last boosters, Biden's...
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a year ago
"Bullshit jobs", racial depolarization, the YIMBY-union alliance, China's last boosters, Biden's foreign policy, low-carbon steel, and Javier Milei
Business Brainstorms
Hiring a geo-guesser, change merchants, one distribution channel is all it takes Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “request for service: roast my onboarding for SaaS...
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#49) Degrowth, real and imagined; 90s taxes; China's banks; CHIPS Act bureaucrats; YIMBY education; the...
3 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Entrepreneur's Edge
Why Leaders Should Start and End With a Map Lessons I have learned from scaling an organization from an idea to hundreds of people.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Billionaires Build
over a year ago
Blog posts of...
Refactoring larger legacy codebases This article is based on a comment of mine to a HackerNews question. Thought it might be useful to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This article is based on a comment of mine to a HackerNews question. Thought it might be useful to explain it here a bit more in d...
Platformer
The Biden administration turns its attention toward AI The Commerce Department asks for public comment. Here are three problems it should consider
a year ago
David Perell
Kevin Kelly: Seeing the Future My guest today is Kevin Kelly, who co-founded Wired Magazine in 1993 and served as its Executive...
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over a year ago
My guest today is Kevin Kelly, who co-founded Wired Magazine in 1993 and served as its Executive Editor for the first seven years. As one of the most important futurists of our generation, he’s published a number of books including The Inevitable, What Technology Wants, and New...
David Perell
Hugging the X-Axis I’ve always struggled with commitment. In a world as grand as ours, shouldn’t we try to experience...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’ve always struggled with commitment. In a world as grand as ours, shouldn’t we try to experience it all? Change it up. Visit every country. Try a bunch of careers. The menu of life is vast, and it’d be a shame to only order a single entrée.  When I say I was allergic to...
SatPost by Trung...
MicroStrategy's $37B+ Bitcoin Bet How Michael Saylor turned a B2B software company into one of the world's largest owners of Bitcoin.
3 weeks ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
What’s not evil: ranking content fairly *and* letting public content get indexed Please see update at bottom Most websites spend massive amounts of time and money to get any of...
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over a year ago
Please see update at bottom Most websites spend massive amounts of time and money to get any of their pages index and ranked by Google’s…
Internal Tech Emails
"Things Sam is freaking out about" buying SNAP
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
After the Ladder
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Meet the Nigerian YouTuber bringing a positive lens to African stories With 600,000 subscribers, Tayo Aina is one of Africa’s most prominent creators.
a year ago
XO Capital - Field...
2023 sucked 2023 was a tough year for us. A pure grind. What worked: The business model Our Team Raising $ +...
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11 months ago
2023 was a tough year for us. A pure grind. What worked: The business model Our Team Raising $ + deploying it What didn't work: Growth was tough We got bit by platform risk Too many small portfolio companies is death by a thousand cuts We have two relatively passive
Noahpinion
Repost: Weebs! Everything you didn't realize you wanted to know about the non-Japanese people who love Japanese pop...
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a year ago
Everything you didn't realize you wanted to know about the non-Japanese people who love Japanese pop culture.
Internal Tech Emails
Bill Gates: "The quality is giving us a bad name" I don’t know how unique I am but my experience in clicking on streaming media stuff and seeing if it...
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I don’t know how unique I am but my experience in clicking on streaming media stuff and seeing if it works is still less than 50%.
Tech + Economics +...
The patriarchy is a modern invention, not the natural order. The "patriarchy", a male-dominated social order with entrenched hierarchies giving power and...
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11 months ago
The "patriarchy", a male-dominated social order with entrenched hierarchies giving power and authority to men over women, is pitched by masculinity influencers and pop social scientists as humanity's natural state. They argue patriarchy represents the primal hard-wiring of...
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Nigerian businesses increasingly skip traditional banks and turn to Moniepoint Moniepoint’s payment machines have become ubiquitous across Nigeria. But the company faces...
9 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Twitter killed RSS (and that’s a bad thing) I’ve used Google Reader religiously since it launched.  I’m a few days away from quitting it...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’ve used Google Reader religiously since it launched.  I’m a few days away from quitting it forever.  Pretty much every blog I read tweets…
Noahpinion
The American socialist worldview is just totally broken (repost) Plus a new update showing how right I was.
a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Let Tim Cook Last week, Apple announced “Apple Intelligence,” a suite of features coming to iOS 18 (the next...
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Last week, Apple announced “Apple Intelligence,” a suite of features coming to iOS 18 (the next version of the iPhone’s software) in a presentation that FastCompany called “uninspired,” Futurism called “boring,” and Axios claimed “failed to excite investors.”  The
Paul Graham: Essays
Post-Medium Publishing
over a year ago
Stephen Diehl
The Intellectual Incoherence of Cryptoassets
over a year ago
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The betting app fueling fantasy cricket’s rise in India On Dream11, Indian sports fans create groups, participate in tournaments, and win millions by...
a year ago
Aaron's Essays
Goodbye YC I sent this email to the whole team at YC yesterday: When I joined YC 7.5 years ago, there weren’t...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I sent this email to the whole team at YC yesterday: When I joined YC 7.5 years ago, there weren’t many people around. PG and Jessica were still running things. We had offices in Mountain View, Palo Alto, and on Kearny street, but they were nearly always empty. The only meeting...
Rest of World -...
What do platforms actually want out of elections? Nobody seems to know.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
India’s electric cab companies can’t find enough cars to put on the road There are only a handful of electric taxi manufacturers in India today, slowing the country’s EV...
2 months ago
Noahpinion
The student debt revolt failed, but Millennials will be fine My generation will bear some minor economic scars into our prosperous middle age.
a year ago
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Investors are unsettled as funding is drying up for Africa’s startup ecosystem As funding to Africa’s once fast-growing startup ecosystem dries up, industry insiders are worried...
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
“If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they… “If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they...
over a year ago
Essays - Benedict...
Leaving Twitter I was on Twitter since 2007, and built a meaningful part of my career on it, and I won’t be...
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a year ago
I was on Twitter since 2007, and built a meaningful part of my career on it, and I won’t be posting at all for the foreseeable future
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Traffic laws can’t keep up with Mexico City’s electric mopeds Chinese-made mopeds have become popular in the traffic-clogged city, but users and manufacturers...
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Chinese-made mopeds have become popular in the traffic-clogged city, but users and manufacturers aren’t sure which laws apply to them.
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Nigeria will become a net exporter of tech talent: Nigerian Minister Dr. Bosun Tijani The tech entrepreneur-turned-bureaucrat spoke to Rest of World about his year in government, his...
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2 months ago
The tech entrepreneur-turned-bureaucrat spoke to Rest of World about his year in government, his administration’s priorities for advancing AI in Nigeria, and the difficult task of choosing between allies.
Entrepreneur's Edge
The Power of Beliefs The significant role that our beliefs play in our outcomes.
a year ago
The Thinking Cap
Where Are the Good AI Products? On waiting for AI's Godot.
10 months ago
Raw Thought (from...
Edmund Burke Explains
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#13) Climate messaging, antitrust, Chinese consumption, the Fed and inflation, marriage and happiness,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Climate messaging, antitrust, Chinese consumption, the Fed and inflation, marriage and happiness, historical data, and some Star Trek recommendations
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Why Startups Condense in America
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
The People Deliberately Killing Facebook Over the last decade, few platforms have declined quite as rapidly and visibly as Facebook and...
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Over the last decade, few platforms have declined quite as rapidly and visibly as Facebook and Instagram. What used to be apps for catching up with your friends and family are now algorithmic nightmares that constantly interrupt you with suggested content and advertisements that...
Paul Graham: Essays
Hackers and Painters
over a year ago
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Why Mexico’s delivery workers are ditching food for packages As the popularity of Chinese e-commerce platforms grows, some gig workers are finding it more...
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As the popularity of Chinese e-commerce platforms grows, some gig workers are finding it more appealing to deliver packages than food orders.
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Do Great Work
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The World’s Last Internet Cafes For a quarter century, internet cafes connected the world. Now they’re vanishing into history.
a year ago
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MercadoLibre is a massive fish in a medium-sized pond The Argentine e-commerce company is no doubt beating the likes of Amazon in Latin America, but how...
a year ago
Platformer
The states sue Meta over child safety Everyone agrees there's a teen mental health crisis. Is this how you fix it?
a year ago
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The role of trust in building fintech for Africa Yanmo Omorogbe of Nigerian wealth management firm Bamboo talks about navigating government...
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5 months ago
Yanmo Omorogbe of Nigerian wealth management firm Bamboo talks about navigating government regulations and the role of longevity.
Rest of World -...
It’s not (just) Ticketmaster’s fault A Mexican superstar’s concert tour proves no ticketing company’s tech is a match for fans and fraud.
a year ago
Steve Blank
What’s Plan B? – The Small, the Agile, and the Many This post previously appeared in the Proceedings of the Naval Institute. One of the most audacious...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This post previously appeared in the Proceedings of the Naval Institute. One of the most audacious and bold manifestos for the future of Naval innovation has just been posted by the Rear Admiral who heads up the Office of Naval Research. It may be the hedge we need to deter China...
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Rest of World -...
TikTok creators are being arrested for violating religious laws in Nigeria Digital rights advocates say social media companies like TikTok have a responsibility to protect...
a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things to start your week (#25) Maternal mortality, "living paycheck to paycheck", media negativity, diffusion of the tech industry,...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Maternal mortality, "living paycheck to paycheck", media negativity, diffusion of the tech industry, and the effect of corporate tax cuts
Articles -...
Naming a company Great company names are worth millions. In fact, choosing a name is one of the most important...
a year ago
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a year ago
Great company names are worth millions. In fact, choosing a name is one of the most important decisions you will make as an entrepreneur. Your company's name could be a lever that separates you from your competition. It could be the key element that helps your customers...
Working Theorys
Big TAM Founders, Small TAM Startups | Theory No. 19 What's one way to maximize your startup's chance of success? Be a big TAM founder working on a...
a year ago
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What India can tell us about Netflix’s future Disney, Ambani, and the Netflix niche.
8 months ago
Noahpinion
How we could return to the productivity growth of the 1990s A guest post by Preston Mui.
9 months ago
AVC
Threads Like tens of millions of others, I downloaded Threads onto my phone yesterday and signed up. The...
a year ago
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a year ago
Like tens of millions of others, I downloaded Threads onto my phone yesterday and signed up. The thing that Twitter has been missing since it killed off its ecosystem over a decade ago is competition. And as we all know, lack of competition is a very bad thing. In governments and...
essay – snarfed.org
Moderate people, not code Dixit / Marie Cardouat The scope of the fediverse has been hotly debated recently. Are we a big...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Dixit / Marie Cardouat The scope of the fediverse has been hotly debated recently. Are we a big fedi? Or a small fedi? Are instances just nodes? Or networked communities? Which Camp of Mastodon are we in? How far should our replies travel? How about our blog posts and Bluesky...
Steve Blank
Finding and Growing the Islands of Innovation inside a large company – Action Plan for A New CTO This post previously appeared in Fast Company. How does a newly hired Chief Technology Officer (CTO)...
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over a year ago
This post previously appeared in Fast Company. How does a newly hired Chief Technology Officer (CTO) find and grow the islands of innovation inside a large company? How not to waste your first six months as a new CTO thinking you’re making progress when the status quo is working...
Dustin Curtis
Bourdain on The Journey Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your...
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over a year ago
Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with...
Data Boutique
Urgency Factor: Why Timing is as Critical as Cost The Issues of Planning Web Data Projects
a year ago
Noahpinion
Western leftists have lost the plot Gleeful support for the massacre of innocents is simply inhumane.
a year ago
Working Theorys
The Rise of the Software Creator In the age of AI, software creators, like content creators, will emerge as the industry’s...
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6 months ago
In the age of AI, software creators, like content creators, will emerge as the industry’s non-professional creative class.
Rest of World -...
The startup working to teach AI about African history There’s less historical material about Africa for AI to find online. Archivi.ng believes its work...
a year ago
Noahpinion
Economic losses for our allies are not wins for the U.S. Stop comparing ourselves to countries who are on our side.
10 months ago
Noahpinion
Repost: Interview with James Medlock The future winner of Balaji's million-dollar bet talks about taxes, cash benefits, and other fun...
a year ago
Tom Blomfield
Making something people want - The GoCardless story I’m a co-founder of GoCardless, a direct debit payments company in London. This is the story of our...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’m a co-founder of GoCardless, a direct debit payments company in London. This is the story of our first two years and the people we’ve met along the way. Making something no-one wants One startup I know very well in San Francisco was started by 3 ex-financiers. Their idea...
Roberto Vitillo's...
How distributed systems fail At scale, any failure that can happen will eventually happen. Hardware failures, software crashes,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
At scale, any failure that can happen will eventually happen. Hardware failures, software crashes, memory leaks - you name it. The more…
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Get New Ideas
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
A Ponzi scheme targets desperate workers amid Zimbabwe’s employment crisis E-Creator offered an opportunity to earn money by writing fake reviews for e-commerce websites.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Four reasons not to vote for Trump, and four reasons to vote for Harris Summing up my thoughts on the 2024 election.
a month ago
Internal Tech Emails
Mark Zuckerberg: "VR / AR strategy" We are vulnerable on mobile to Google and Apple because they make major mobile platforms. We would...
a year ago
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a year ago
We are vulnerable on mobile to Google and Apple because they make major mobile platforms. We would like a stronger strategic position in the next wave of computing.
Raw Thought (from...
Take a step back
over a year ago
Steve Blank
Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class –part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. Joe Felter, Mike Brown and I teach the class to: Give our students an appreciation of the challenges and...
Essays - Benedict...
Tech questions for 2022 Sometimes the centre of gravity in tech is very clear, but as we enter 2022 there are lots of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Sometimes the centre of gravity in tech is very clear, but as we enter 2022 there are lots of areas where trillion dollar questions are wide open. These are the questions I wonder about today, from crypto to cars to fast fashion - there are others.
SatPost by Trung...
YouTube: The Learning Machine Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of...
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7 months ago
Can YouTube have a similar impact on education as the printing press did? Yes, and the explosion of sports footage on the platform helps to explain why.
Noahpinion
The elemental foe Lifting humanity out of poverty is Job #1.
5 months ago
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Mexican shoppers say Shein and Temu’s delivery partner is stealing their stuff Former employees at third-party logistics company J&T Express say the high volume of packages from...
3 months ago
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Former employees at third-party logistics company J&T Express say the high volume of packages from the two Chinese companies has become unmanageable.
Rest of World -...
Online extremism linked to rise in school shootings in Brazil, researchers find After a rise in shootings, an all-woman group is advising the new Brazilian government on how to...
a year ago
Platformer
Meta restores Trump Three scenarios for what happens next
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Good and Bad Procrastination
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Why are people lining up for Worldcoin eyeball scans? “Easy $50” In Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong, our reporters found lots of people were eager to take the...
a year ago
Data Boutique
How to Estimate Sales Using Inventory Web-Scraped Data A powerful use case for web data
9 months ago
Rest of World -...
Technology is transforming the deadly voyage from Cuba to Florida From Havana to Key West on a surfboard and a cellphone.
a year ago
Data Boutique
Generic data marketplaces are broken Misaligned interests and lack of value are the cause
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Why IBM employees in Brazil are suing to be classified as tech workers Unions in two Brazilian states are suing IBM in an effort to be recognized as tech employees, giving...
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8 months ago
Unions in two Brazilian states are suing IBM in an effort to be recognized as tech employees, giving them access to better wages, benefits, and profit participation.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#32) The bridge disaster, Daniel Kahneman, Biden and nuclear power, ebbing unrest, Bay Area...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
The bridge disaster, Daniel Kahneman, Biden and nuclear power, ebbing unrest, Bay Area "progressives", and cancer detection
Platformer
The unbearable slowness of Meta's Oversight Board A 234-day wait to get a ruling in a case about incitement to violence suggests that something...
a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
The Tale of Two Phones Notes on trying to break my smartphone addiction: by having a "Cocaine Phone" and a "Kale Phone".
a year ago
Inverted Passion
Wealth is not money, it’s the things we use money for As an entrepreneur, money is obviously a massive motivation for why you’re doing what you’re doing....
a year ago
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a year ago
As an entrepreneur, money is obviously a massive motivation for why you’re doing what you’re doing. However, it’s essential to understand that money is not wealth. Wealth is stuff we want and by that logic, people can be wealthy even if they don’t have a lot of money. In fact,...
Noahpinion
Give us your ideas on how to deal with Chinese chips! A policy competition from the Federation of American Scientists, Chris Miller, ChinaTalk, and me
6 months ago
Nothing Human
Prayer over a new smartphone Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hello, phone. For many years, starting today, you will be my most loyal companion and my most treasured possession. I will feel your weight in my pocket every moment of every day, a presence as constant as my breath. The muscles and bones of my hand, arm, and shoulder will deform...
Tech + Economics +...
Portfolio careers are the future of work. The traditional idea of sticking to one career path for life, once seen as the golden standard of...
a year ago
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a year ago
The traditional idea of sticking to one career path for life, once seen as the golden standard of work success, is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Now, we're moving towards the paradigm of the "portfolio career." Think of a portfolio career like a patchwork quilt of jobs....
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
Las Vegas, F1 and the sport's long history in America PLUS: An unexpected Netflix hit and the world's most popular artist.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Muzz, the world’s largest Muslim dating app, is struggling in India India is home to 172 million Muslims, and the world’s second-largest market for dating apps. But...
a year ago
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a year ago
India is home to 172 million Muslims, and the world’s second-largest market for dating apps. But Indian women say Muzz is a bad match.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The next big thing will start out looking like a toy One of the amazing things about the internet economy is how different the list of top internet...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One of the amazing things about the internet economy is how different the list of top internet properties today looks from the list ten…
Rest of World -...
Uber drivers in Kenya are ignoring the app and charging their own rates The local gig workers’ union defends the practice, which Uber forbids, as a form of peaceful...
3 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The experience economy Before World War 2, the middle-class in the developed world struggled to afford basic needs. In the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Before World War 2, the middle-class in the developed world struggled to afford basic needs. In the post-war boom, standards of living rose…
Working Theorys
The Prestige-Prosperity Gap We expect prestige and wealth to grow in tandem. When status goes up, wealth goes up...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
We expect prestige and wealth to grow in tandem. When status goes up, wealth goes up proportionately, and vice versa. But the modern world is a lot messier. There can be bizarre mismatches between prestige and prosperity. Some people have social or professional status far...
Rest of World -...
The CEO who believes Africans must make their own AI tools Pelonomi Moiloa explains why making AI widely available requires building language models that need...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Pelonomi Moiloa explains why making AI widely available requires building language models that need less data and other resources.
Roberto Vitillo's...
Differential privacy for dummies Technology allows companies to collect more data and with more detail about their users than ever...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Technology allows companies to collect more data and with more detail about their users than ever before. Sometimes that data is sold to…
tomcritchlow.com
What would a map of your career look like? I’ve been on a maps kick recently writing about blog maps and roadmaps! Let’s talk about career...
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Accurate contrarian theories When Google released its search engine in 1998, its search results were significantly better than...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When Google released its search engine in 1998, its search results were significantly better than its competitors’. Many people attribute…
Working Theorys
About Practice Learning anything comes down to two things: practice and performance.
3 months ago
Steve Blank
Why The Pentagon Can’t Count: It’s Time to Reinvent the Audit This article previously appeared in War on the Rocks. In the past, headlines about the Pentagon...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This article previously appeared in War on the Rocks. In the past, headlines about the Pentagon failing its financial audit again would never have caught my attention. But having been in the middle of this conversation when I served on one of the Defense Department’s advisory...
Noahpinion
Will there be a Millennial Big Chill? Millennials are finally doing OK economically. Will their politics moderate?
a year ago
AVC
Read Write Own Chris Dixon, who leads the A16Z crypto fund, and has been an entrepreneur, VC, and friend of mine...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Chris Dixon, who leads the A16Z crypto fund, and has been an entrepreneur, VC, and friend of mine for over twenty years, has written a book called Read Write Own that is available for pre-order now and will start shipping at the end of the month. Chris gave me a copy right before...
Working Theorys
30 and Retirable P.S. It’s not just about being retirable, but being more retirable than your neighbor.
4 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The inevitable showdown between Twitter and Twitter apps People usually think of business competition as occurring between substitutes – products that serve...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
People usually think of business competition as occurring between substitutes – products that serve similar functions for the user.   Famous…
Stephen Diehl
The Internet's Casino Boats
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
A buy-now-pay-later company is behind the explosion of EVs in Kenya In just two years, M-Kopa has become the biggest financier for EVs in East Africa’s largest market.
4 months ago
Rest of World -...
Mexico is using an AI-powered app to prevent suicides MeMind has connected 10,000 at-risk people with mental health treatment, contributing to a 9% drop...
a week ago
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Argentina’s “TikTok nun” is bringing Catholicism to the masses Sister Cattaneo has gained 200,000 followers through cumbia dances, influencer collabs, and...
2 months ago
Rest of World -...
How 2024’s tech trends changed our lives From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
From AI-powered classrooms in Mali to EV taxis in Vietnam, people worldwide are seeing opportunities from this year’s biggest tech shifts.
Paul Graham: Essays
Being Popular
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I read the article. It is weak sauce and still makes me sound like a liar. It is filled with equivocation and in no way indicates the strong interest you conveyed in person.
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The advertising industry is addicted to youth. We are obsessed and possessed. We crave it in our agencies and we covet it in our audiences. We believe younger staff are more creative and younger consumers are more valuable. But this is nothing more than received wisdom....
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Stifled at home, Tunisian tech finds success in the West Acquisitions of InstaDeep and Expensya, which focused on international customers, are inspiring...
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Acquisitions of InstaDeep and Expensya, which focused on international customers, are inspiring Tunisian entrepreneurs to look outside the country.
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After a barrage of recommendations on my twitter, I finally ended up reading Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks. The central premise of the book is simple: everyone has got about four thousand weeks to live, and spending that limited time chasing efficiency is wrongheaded. The...
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Small children are great at asking questions. Their questions are simple, direct, and utterly without ego. If you spend time with 2-5 year olds, you’ll find yourself answering a near infinite series of progressively more challenging questions. This is one of the main paths by...
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Big data is big news. Search for it and Google will return 75 million results. That’s a different article for every 100 people on earth. There are also 18 million videos on the topic. At 5 minutes each, it would take 170 years to watch them all. Then there’s the one million...
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Chinese startups supported by Microsoft and Google incubator programs worked with police Documents reviewed by Rest of World show several companies backed by U.S. tech giants provided...
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Documents reviewed by Rest of World show several companies backed by U.S. tech giants provided policing or censorship tools to Chinese law enforcement.
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How WhatsApp ate the world WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
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Unpacked
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Forget a U.S. ban — TikTok is thriving in its second-biggest market TikTok Shop, the controversial app’s ambitious next phase, has caught fire in Indonesia. “This is...
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Working Theorys
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Pressured to relocate, Microsoft’s AI researchers in China must choose between homeland and career As geopolitical tensions grow, many employees have decided that a career with the Silicon Valley...
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Women in South Africa’s gig economy feel forced to work extra hours for free Women who work as domestic cleaners with SweepSouth, an on-demand app, say clients frequently ask...
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If you want to improve your writing, match your punctuation to the mood. Punctuation is to writing as music is to movies. In The Joker, the renowned composer Hildur Guðnadóttir used the cello in the opening scenes to create empathy with the protagonist. But then, as The Joker’s...
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Between failure and Facebook Recently, a friend was trying to recruit a programmer to join his early-stage startup. The...
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The Covid Rotation turns, and ecommerce penetration is back to the trend line. But which trend line, and which penetration?
tomcritchlow.com
A Lil' Website Refresh Welcome to tomcritchlow.com version…. 19? 25? Honestly there have been so many iterations over the...
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Welcome to tomcritchlow.com version…. 19? 25? Honestly there have been so many iterations over the years who even knows. The point is there’s a new coat of paint.
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Why Chinese EV battery manufacturers are flocking to Hungary They are drawn to the country’s access to European automakers, government subsidies, and favorable...
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Ed Zitron's Where's...
Rabbit Holed Thank you to Emily Shepherd for her hard work reporting parts of this story, as well as her...
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Thank you to Emily Shepherd for her hard work reporting parts of this story, as well as her assistance clarifying details related to GAMA and finding company documents related to Rabbit and Cyber Manufacture.    In November 2021, a company called Cyber Manufacture Co raised $6...
Aaron's Essays
Why VCs sometimes push companies to burn Originally posted on the YC blog,...
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Originally posted on the YC blog, here: https://blog.ycombinator.com/why-vcs-sometimes-push-companies-to-burn-too-fast/ In Investors and their incentives, I tried to give a broad breakdown of the incentives that drive the major types of startup investors. I want to dig deeper...
Paul Graham: Essays
The High-Res Society
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
Alex Cooper: $0 to $160m in 6 years Breaking down the contracts that sent the "Call Her Daddy" podcaster from unemployed ($0) to...
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Breaking down the contracts that sent the "Call Her Daddy" podcaster from unemployed ($0) to Barstool Sports ($70k) to Spotify ($60m) and, now, SiriusXM ($100m) in 6 years.
Paul Graham: Essays
A Plan for Spam
over a year ago
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Why the web economy will continue growing rapidly Here’s the really good news for the web economy over the next decade.  Consumers are spending more...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Here’s the really good news for the web economy over the next decade.  Consumers are spending more and more time online, yet only about 1…
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Man and superman There are two broad philosophical approaches to explaining the forces that drive world events. The...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There are two broad philosophical approaches to explaining the forces that drive world events. The first one is sometimes called the Great…
Paul Graham: Essays
The Word "Hacker"
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Stephen Diehl
FTX: Greed, Grift and Grandiosity
over a year ago
Steve Blank
The Three Pillars of World-class Corporate Innovation My good friend Alexander Osterwalder, the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My good friend Alexander Osterwalder, the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations of the Lean Methodology) has written a playbook (along with his associate partner Tendayi Viki,) From Innovation Theater to Growth Engine to explain how to build and implement...
Platformer
The synthetic social network is coming Between ChatGPT’s surprisingly human voice and Meta’s AI characters, our feeds may be about to...
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Between ChatGPT’s surprisingly human voice and Meta’s AI characters, our feeds may be about to change forever
Data Boutique
How Data Boutique Works #2: Volume Discounts The volume-related pricing system explained
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Jumia Food delivery workers’ final payments are still missing Jumia says it paid its logistics partners. Logistics partners say they paid all the workers. The...
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7 months ago
Jumia says it paid its logistics partners. Logistics partners say they paid all the workers. The workers say they haven’t been paid.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#17) Techno-optimism, the mighty U.S. economy, Chinese real estate, slavery's economic effects, and the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Techno-optimism, the mighty U.S. economy, Chinese real estate, slavery's economic effects, and the danger of hate on social media. Plus, rescue rabbits.
Stephen Diehl
The Case Against Crypto
over a year ago
David Perell
Annual Review 2020 Writing this Annual Review, I realize that I’m incredibly fortunate.  While some people spent the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Writing this Annual Review, I realize that I’m incredibly fortunate.  While some people spent the quarantine alone, I moved into my childhood home and spent five months with family. While America saw the worst unemployment spike in recent history, my business grew because the...
Data Boutique
Tracking How Bad The Situation At Farfetch Really Is A case study for web data
10 months ago
tomcritchlow.com
What are Executive Off-Sites Good For? A blessed Q4 be upon you. And you as well.
over a year ago
Platformer
It's time to change how we cover Elon Musk After a weekend of whoppers about X and fighting Mark Zuckerberg, the press should take a more...
a year ago
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a year ago
After a weekend of whoppers about X and fighting Mark Zuckerberg, the press should take a more skeptical approach
SatPost by Trung...
Nike’s Marketing Blindspot What can we learn from Nike losing Lionel Messi and Stephen Curry?
a year ago
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Exclusive: Microsoft Bing’s censorship in China is even “more extreme” than Chinese companies’ New Citizen Lab study comes as U.S. lawmakers scrutinize Microsoft’s willingness to comply with...
5 months ago
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Coinbase One of the interesting things about Bitcoin is the contrast between how it is portrayed in the press...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One of the interesting things about Bitcoin is the contrast between how it is portrayed in the press and how it is understood by…
Platformer
Winners and losers in the race to add AI ChatGPT is now running inside Snapchat, Notion, and other apps. Will it give them a sustaining...
a year ago
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a year ago
ChatGPT is now running inside Snapchat, Notion, and other apps. Will it give them a sustaining advantage — or just line OpenAI's pockets?
haseeb qureshi
So you want to build a crypto startup? I’m a crypto VC. That means I spend my days talking to crypto entrepreneurs, hearing pitches, and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’m a crypto VC. That means I spend my days talking to crypto entrepreneurs, hearing pitches, and evaluating products. The first thing you realize working in this industry is that pretty much everyone is winging it. (That applies to me, but it especially applies to...
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Overworked and unable to quit: Delivery drivers in Brazil found something worse than gig work Trapped in a subcontracting nightmare, some delivery drivers are facing grueling hours, low pay, and...
a year ago
Aaron's Essays
Fooled by experts Experts are generally right until they're wrong. Unfortunately, it's very easy to get fooled into...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Experts are generally right until they're wrong. Unfortunately, it's very easy to get fooled into thinking that experts are always right. This is because they are...experts. They are authoritative and knowledgeable. This is especially true when it comes to trying new things in...
Tom Blomfield
Unit Economics The old joke describes a lot of companies at the moment - “I’ll sell at a loss but make it up on...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The old joke describes a lot of companies at the moment - “I’ll sell at a loss but make it up on volume.” Pilloried in the press, startups burn through vast sums of capital before spectacularly imploding. Let’s go back to 2012-13. The world was finally emerging from a punishing...
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The most important question to ask before taking seed money There is a certain well respected venture capital firm (VC) that has a program for fledgling...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There is a certain well respected venture capital firm (VC) that has a program for fledgling entrepreneurs.   The teams that are selected…
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Plans are nothing, but planning is indispensable It is widely believed that writing a business plan is a waste of time, because: 1) very few people...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It is widely believed that writing a business plan is a waste of time, because: 1) very few people will read it, and 2) you’ll end up…
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Why thousands of Chinese young people use a pink dinosaur as their alias Users adopt the alias “momo” as a way to speak more freely, evade harassment and protect personal...
a year ago
Platformer
Inside Discord’s reform movement for banned users Most platforms ban their trolls forever. Discord wants to rehabilitate them
a year ago
Noahpinion
"Luxury" construction causes high rents like umbrellas cause rain The NIMBY mindset persists in the face of evidence.
a year ago
Tom Blomfield
Home-Brew Customer Phone Support This is the technical part of a longer piece on “Automating Customer Service at a Startup”  DIY...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is the technical part of a longer piece on “Automating Customer Service at a Startup”  DIY Phone Support We implemented a home-brew customer service phone line in a few hours with a basic Sinatra app on Heroku, using the Twilio-ruby gem to generate TwiML (saving us the pain...
Noahpinion
The blue cities must be fixed If you want to govern the nation, you should first be able to govern San Francisco, New York, and...
a month ago
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a month ago
If you want to govern the nation, you should first be able to govern San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Pivoting My Hunch cofounders and I frequently ask ourselves: “If we were to start over today, would we build...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My Hunch cofounders and I frequently ask ourselves: “If we were to start over today, would we build our product the same way we had so far…
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Outsource things you don’t care about A fundamental principle of business is that you do things in house that you think can give you a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A fundamental principle of business is that you do things in house that you think can give you a competitive advantage and outsource things…
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Don’t shop your term sheet There are all sorts of protocols in the VC world. Most of them make sense upon further examination,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There are all sorts of protocols in the VC world. Most of them make sense upon further examination, but if you’re a first time entrepreneur…
Paul Graham: Essays
Five Questions about Language Design
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Bubble Trouble As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data. A Wall Street Journal piece from this week has sounded the alarm that some believe AI models will run out of "high-quality text-based data" within the next two years in what an AI researcher called...
Paul Graham: Essays
Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas
over a year ago
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The church of Roblox: How young Filipino Catholics are building more inclusive spaces Though not officially sanctioned, the role-playing clergy encourage young people to go deeper into...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Though not officially sanctioned, the role-playing clergy encourage young people to go deeper into their faith while providing a safe space for queer Catholics.
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The TikTok ban is bigger than just ByteDance The U.S. clampdown on Chinese-owned companies won't end here.
8 months ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Rot Economics - An Interview With MIT's Daron Acemoglu Want to listen to this interview instead? Download the latest episode of Better Offline! You can...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Want to listen to this interview instead? Download the latest episode of Better Offline! You can listen to it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere else you can insert an RSS feed. Last week, I had the privilege of interviewing Daron Acemoglu — one of the world’s most