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Steve Blank
Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2024 – Lessons Learned Presentations We just finished our 9th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. Hacking for...
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6 months ago
We just finished our 9th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. Hacking for Defense, now in 60 universities, has teams of students working to understand and help solve national security problems. At Stanford this quarter the 8 teams of 40 students collectively...
Rest of World -...
You can’t play on both sides of the Great Firewall What the TikTok ban really means for U.S. companies.
9 months ago
Working Theorys
Why Are All the Public Intellectuals Men? | Theory No. 18 The most identifiable people in this arena aren’t "traditional" scholars. They’re usually not...
a year ago
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a year ago
The most identifiable people in this arena aren’t "traditional" scholars. They’re usually not researchers, scientists, or writers by education or trade. Instead, they seem to have just put themselves forth as vessels — to study the world, share their observations, and sprinkle in...
SatPost by Trung...
Apple's M&A Strategy, Explained PLUS: Chick-fil-A, Duolingo, Bitcoin rally.
a month ago
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Raise Money
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Make Wealth
over a year ago
AVC
The Newest Members of the USV Team Last Thursday, three new blog posts hit USV.com announcing our three new analysts: This is our...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last Thursday, three new blog posts hit USV.com announcing our three new analysts: This is our tradition at USV. When someone starts at USV, we ask them to write a post on the USV blog introducing themselves. This helps founders who come to talk to us about their companies...
Paul Graham: Essays
Some Heroes
over a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
Birkenstock IPO: Is it worth $10B? And 4 other questions about the 249-year cult German footwear brand.
a year 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...
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The Vietnamese military has a troll army and Facebook is its weapon Force 47 abuses Facebook's safety tools to silence government critics at home and anywhere in the...
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border? You’d better speak English or Spanish Migrants speaking Haitian Creole or Indigenous languages face challenges at the border.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
India’s plan to export its wildly successful digital payments system After starting cross-border payments with Singapore, India is now setting up more international...
a year ago
Tech + Economics +...
Samsung Galaxy S24 Unpacked Event Set for Jan. 17 PCMag.com: The company says it will show off "the newest additions to the Galaxy mobile...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
PCMag.com: The company says it will show off "the newest additions to the Galaxy mobile device portfolio." In its teaser video, the company goes a step further and explicitly states that "Galaxy AI is coming," so get ready for some form of on-device,...
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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
AVC
Helium Mobile USV has been an investor in the Helium network since 2019. I have always loved the idea of using...
a year ago
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a year ago
USV has been an investor in the Helium network since 2019. I have always loved the idea of using web3 technologies to let consumers to “peer produce” a communications network creating a people-powered network. Helium started out powering communications between low-power “Internet...
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Chris Sacca on the implied user contract Chris Sacca nicely summarized today’s FB vs Google vs Twitter controversy: It comes down to what...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Chris Sacca nicely summarized today’s FB vs Google vs Twitter controversy: It comes down to what each company has promised its users…
Roberto Vitillo's...
The second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems is out In the second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems , I explore the core building blocks at...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In the second chapter of Understanding Distributed Systems , I explore the core building blocks at the heart of many distributed systems…
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...
David Perell
Own It Mentality My goal is simple: Be a man of my word. Do what I say I'm going to do, when I say I'm going to do...
a year ago
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a year ago
My goal is simple: Be a man of my word. Do what I say I'm going to do, when I say I'm going to do it. That means showing up on schedule, communicating clearly, and getting things done on time. The post Own It Mentality appeared first on David Perell.
Dustin Curtis
Bill Gates is Angry Steven Levy interviewed Bill Gates for Wired, and it is quite an illuminating conversation. In past...
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over a year ago
Steven Levy interviewed Bill Gates for Wired, and it is quite an illuminating conversation. In past public appearances, Gates – like most experts – has attempted to walk the line between antagonizing the Trump administration and promulgating real science. But now he appears to be...
Noahpinion
7 Reasons Democrats Should Be Optimistic About Their Chances in 2026 and 2028 A guest post by Wally Nowinski.
a month ago
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Founder/market fit An extremely useful concept that has grown popular among startup founders is what eminent...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
An extremely useful concept that has grown popular among startup founders is what eminent entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen calls…
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Worldcoin may not be legal in Colombia, but that’s not stopping it Scan eyeballs first, ask questions later.
4 months ago
SatPost by Trung...
How Olympic Air Pistols Took Over The Timeline PLUS: WTF happened to Nike?
4 months ago
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?
Working Theorys
Writer-Builders Theory #39 | The archetype of new kind of renaissance man
7 months ago
Blog posts of...
Everyone is doing 1on1s wrong. I think. Our calendars are packed with meetings. We communicate mostly in 1on1on1on1 trains. Nobody is happy....
a year ago
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a year ago
Our calendars are packed with meetings. We communicate mostly in 1on1on1on1 trains. Nobody is happy. Nothing gets done. Can we fix this?
Folklore.org:...
He's Only in Field Service The SCC gets designed into the Mac
a year ago
Noahpinion
Thinking about "temporary hardship" America needs austerity. But is Musk's plan the right kind of austerity?
a month ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 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! #1 💡 It's cool that smartphones have become all-in-one devices. But at...
Blog posts of...
Close your office. Now. How to operate your startup under lock-down. What a week. The US declared the state of emergency. Many leading startups closed their office. And...
over a year ago
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If you asked people in 1989... "If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
"If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was unlikely that they would have said that a decentralized…
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A U.S. outsourcing company brought lofty promises to Nepal. Then came the layoffs Former employees say the company killed the dream it once sold them.
a year ago
Steve Blank
Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 1 Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a...
a year ago
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a year ago
Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops into a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Most of her lessons were applicable to any government employee venturing out to...
Tech + Economics +...
How to quit capitalism. Let's start with something controversial: Capitalism is not an economic system. It is a...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Let's start with something controversial: Capitalism is not an economic system. It is a philosophical and ideological force that shapes our lives, environment, and perception of humanity. It's a behemoth that thrives on relentless growth, often at a devastating cost....
Unpacked
Instagram Threads: The Problem With The "Everything for Everyone" Approach In recent times, Twitter has been through a roller coaster of events. What started with Elon Musk's...
a year ago
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a year ago
In recent times, Twitter has been through a roller coaster of events. What started with Elon Musk's turbulent acquisition has now been followed up by a series of controversial product decisions. To list a few: Twitter limited the number of daily tweets
Steve Blank
Mapping the Unknown – The Ten Steps to Map Any Industry A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step  Lǎozi 老子 I just had lunch with Shenwei, one...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step  Lǎozi 老子 I just had lunch with Shenwei, one of my ex-students who had just taken a job in a mid-sized consulting firm.  After a bit of catching up I offered he was looking a bit lost. “I just got handed a project to […]
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Google’s social strategy It is widely believed that Facebook presents a significant competitive threat to Google. Google...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It is widely believed that Facebook presents a significant competitive threat to Google. Google itself seems to believe this – Larry Page…
Paul Graham: Essays
Holding a Program in One's Head
over a year ago
AVC
The VC’s Customer I saw Dan Primack assert that the venture capitalist’s customer is their limited partners in this...
a year ago
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a year ago
I saw Dan Primack assert that the venture capitalist’s customer is their limited partners in this tweet about the Citizen app, the recap, and their VCs: I DM’d Dan to let him know that is not the right way to think about the venture capital business. Back in 2005, in the early...
Internal Tech Emails
Mark Zuckerberg on Messenger To get people to ditch WhatsApp and switch to Messenger, it will never be sufficient to be 10%...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
To get people to ditch WhatsApp and switch to Messenger, it will never be sufficient to be 10% better than them or add fun gimmicks on any existing attribute or feature. We will have to offer some new fundamental use case that becomes important to people’s daily lives.
Tech + Economics +...
WeWork files for bankruptcy amid office market downturn. On Monday, Mr Neumann issued a statement saying the impending bankruptcy was “disappointing”....
a year ago
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a year ago
On Monday, Mr Neumann issued a statement saying the impending bankruptcy was “disappointing”. “It has been challenging for me to watch from the sidelines since 2019 as WeWork has failed to take advantage of a product that is more relevant today than ever before,” ...
AVC
Subscribing To AVC For many years, there were three ways to subscribe to AVC: 1/ Email – Get new posts delivered to...
a year ago
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a year ago
For many years, there were three ways to subscribe to AVC: 1/ Email – Get new posts delivered to your inbox 2/ RSS – Get new posts delivered to your RSS reader 3/ X – Follow AVC on X X revoked the API access that I was using to autopost three or four months ago. […]
Noahpinion
Mike Bird and Noah Smith debate industrial policy In which we hash out at least a few of our differences.
a year ago
Noahpinion
The death (again) of the internet as we know it A few big changes are making the online world a more boring place to hang out.
7 months ago
Roberto Vitillo's...
Testing and operating distributed systems I am excited to announce that the first edition of my book about distributed systems is finally...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I am excited to announce that the first edition of my book about distributed systems is finally complete! First things first, I have…
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Pitching the VC partnership The last step to raising venture capital is normally a 1 hour pitch to the whole partnership during...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The last step to raising venture capital is normally a 1 hour pitch to the whole partnership during their weekly monday meeting.  This is…
Rest of World -...
Why Chinese EV battery manufacturers are flocking to Hungary They are drawn to the country’s access to European automakers, government subsidies, and favorable...
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Blogging to learn People blog for all sorts of reasons. For me, it is mostly about learning. This wasn’t my original...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
People blog for all sorts of reasons. For me, it is mostly about learning. This wasn’t my original intention – it evolved over time. Now I…
Data Boutique
Web Data in Emergency Situations: The MatchesFashion case More case studies for web data
9 months ago
Tech + Economics +...
AI does not produce reliable information. As Donald Trump's lawyer has fucked around and found out. Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, used an artificial...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump, used an artificial intelligence program to generate bogus legal citations in his motion for early termination of his supervised release. Cohen, who was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 for...
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40 companies that are beating the West Faster, smarter, more adaptable: These emerging market pioneers are outmaneuvering Silicon Valley...
a year ago
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a year ago
Faster, smarter, more adaptable: These emerging market pioneers are outmaneuvering Silicon Valley for global domination.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Joining a startup is far less risky than most people think Joining a startup is far less risky than most people seem to think.  In fact, I don’t know if anyone...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Joining a startup is far less risky than most people seem to think.  In fact, I don’t know if anyone has ever studied this systematically…
Unpacked
Klarna, Buy Now Pay Later & first mover advantage The company got to profitable growth by cementing its first mover advantage and doubling down on...
a year ago
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a year ago
The company got to profitable growth by cementing its first mover advantage and doubling down on retailer relationships but faces competition from incumbent giants
Noahpinion
Is immigration raising rents in America? No, but in a few big cities it might be.
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
Noahpinion
Maximum Canada is happening Canada has a nation-building population strategy. Does America?
a year ago
Noahpinion
China at the peak The country's rise is complete, but don't expect a rapid decline.
a year ago
Aaron's Essays
Investors and their incentives It is incredibly important to understand the incentives of investors when you are raising money....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It is incredibly important to understand the incentives of investors when you are raising money. This used to be fairly easy - you raised money from Venture Capitalists who wanted to see a big return on their investment. The best of these investors were incredibly focused on...
Rest of World -...
The chilling power of Gaza’s internet blackout Ongoing bloodshed makes the territory’s digital ties even more important.
a year ago
Tech + Economics +...
Elon Musk’s freedom from consequences is once again denied. Elon Musk's X Corp. has hit a snag trying to block California's AB 587, a law that aims to clean...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Elon Musk's X Corp. has hit a snag trying to block California's AB 587, a law that aims to clean up the online environment by requiring transparency in content moderation. Peter Blumberg and Malathi Nayak in Bloomberg In an eight-page ruling Thursday, a federal...
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...
Roberto's blog
Conquer dev environments with Nix I regularly use different devices with different OSs, such as a MacBook, a Windows desktop with WSL,...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
I regularly use different devices with different OSs, such as a MacBook, a Windows desktop with WSL, a couple of Raspberry PIs, and so on. I have a bunch of tools I like to have at my fingertips when I log into a machine, like fd and Neovim. Setting up and maintaining the same...
Noahpinion
Why trying to "shape" AI innovation to protect workers is a bad idea Instead, we should empower workers and create mechanisms for redistribution.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Made in USA
over a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five things for your Thanksgiving weekend (#20) The OpenAI coup, "deaths of despair", Japan's stagnation, solar panel waste, and the Inequality Wars
a year ago
XO Capital - Field...
Moving To A Paid Community I've been debating / delaying this moment for 3 years. They say to build a business these days, one...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
I've been debating / delaying this moment for 3 years. They say to build a business these days, one smart way to do it is build a community first. We do have a community. It's on discord. It's been useless for all but the past
Noahpinion
How Paul Krugman changed the public face of economics He's a great economist, but he also changed how we talk about the subject.
a week ago
Noahpinion
Why Americans fear the AI future Five decades of rising inequality and slow growth have made us a less optimistic country.
a year ago
Steve Blank
Gordon Bell R.I.P. Gordon Bell passed on this month. I was a latecomer in Gordon Bell’s life.  But he made a lasting...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Gordon Bell passed on this month. I was a latecomer in Gordon Bell’s life.  But he made a lasting impact on mine. The first time I laid eyes on Gordon Bell was in 1984 outside a restaurant in a Boston suburb when he pulled up in a Porsche. I was the head of Marketing for […]
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🤠 Democratize Luxury
3 months ago
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 Andrej Karpathy announced that he’s building an AI + education company.
5 months ago
Stephen Diehl
Functional Programming, Abstraction, and Names
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...
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F1, Sport and Reality TV It’s been two days now since I stayed up late to watch the final race of the F1 season in Abu Dhabi...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It’s been two days now since I stayed up late to watch the final race of the F1 season in Abu Dhabi with my sons. Full disclosure, we are all team Hamilton fans here, and were excited to watch the final deciding race as to who would take out the 2021 World Driver’s...
XO Capital - Field...
v2 XO V1 concluded with 10 acquisitions and 1 "fund". The V1 "conclusion" is really a line in the sand...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
XO V1 concluded with 10 acquisitions and 1 "fund". The V1 "conclusion" is really a line in the sand but it feels right as we continue to offload assets to focus on larger deals using outside capital. This will transition us into v2 which we'
Platformer
Can Snap snap back? At its annual summit, the company gets bullish on AI — but feels haunted by the ghost of its past...
a year ago
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a year ago
At its annual summit, the company gets bullish on AI — but feels haunted by the ghost of its past ambitions
Noahpinion
Go read some Vernor Vinge R.I.P. to my favorite science fiction author
9 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Web 2.0
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
A few points about the “tech bubble” debate Pretty much every day now a major blog or newspaper writes an article asking whether we are...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Pretty much every day now a major blog or newspaper writes an article asking whether we are experiencing another tech bubble (e.g. see today…
Tech + Economics +...
A few thoughts on the end of Omegle. In 2009, Omegle was more than just a website to me; it was a lifeline when I felt adrift and...
a year ago
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a year ago
In 2009, Omegle was more than just a website to me; it was a lifeline when I felt adrift and isolated from any real sense of community or network. I was struggling with depression, alcohol abuse and the recent end of my music career and my life on tour. Omegle's premise...
David Perell
Tiago Forte & Will Mannon: Building Cohort-Based Courses I have two guests today: Tiago Forte and Will Mannon. Tiago is my business partner and the creator...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I have two guests today: Tiago Forte and Will Mannon. Tiago is my business partner and the creator of an online course called Building a Second Brain. The two of us record a podcast like this every year to reflect on what we’ve learned about the online education industry. And...
Noahpinion
How we could return to the productivity growth of the 1990s A guest post by Preston Mui.
9 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Two Kinds of Judgement
over a year ago
Dustin Curtis
iPad in 2020 A couple of months ago, I switched entirely to an iPad Pro for about two weeks. I did not use my...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A couple of months ago, I switched entirely to an iPad Pro for about two weeks. I did not use my MacBook Pro at all, and forced myself to do everything on the iPad. After that experience, I planned to write some kind of review, but it turned out that my conclusions were pretty...
Working Theorys
The 20/20 Workweek | Theory No. 26 The 40-hour, 80-hour, and 4-hour workweek are out. What comes next?
11 months ago
Noahpinion
No, you are not on Indigenous land Pieces of territory belong to institutions, not to racial groups.
3 weeks ago
SatPost by Trung...
8 Lessons from "Curb Your Enthusiasm" What Larry David's legendary sitcom can teach about creativity and work.
10 months ago
SatPost by Trung...
Disney Loves (and Hates) Public Domain Disney lost copyright on the "Steamboat Willie" version of Mickey Mouse. It's the culmination of...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Disney lost copyright on the "Steamboat Willie" version of Mickey Mouse. It's the culmination of decades in which the company used a ton of public domain but prevented others from doing so.
Platformer
Bluesky's big moment A new Twitter clone is surging in popularity. Could it have legs?
a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Google looks at acquiring YouTube can I get a quick analysis of the likely cost of acquiring youtube? Eric
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Why Kenya has the potential to be Africa’s EV powerhouse Jit Bhattacharya discusses the challenges and opportunities of building an EV company in Kenya.
5 months ago
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week 🛰️ Starlink Plus
2 months ago
Working Theorys
Unbundling Cash & Equity | Theory No. 15 a heretical take on "total compensation"
a year ago
Platformer
Six questions about Google Bard The company's new large language model has arrived. Now what?
a year ago
Data Boutique
Expensive Data and Cannibalism Or.. Why some data products are priced so high
a year ago
Rest of World -...
How Urban Company built an empire of female gig workers By disrupting the age-old home services industry, the Indian unicorn offered many women a rare...
a year ago
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a year ago
By disrupting the age-old home services industry, the Indian unicorn offered many women a rare opportunity for social mobility. Now, they want more.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The segmentation of the venture industry Ford Motors dominated the auto market in the early 20th century with a single car model, the Model...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Ford Motors dominated the auto market in the early 20th century with a single car model, the Model T.  At the time, customers were seeking…
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.
Blog posts of...
The Founder’s Lie About Comfort Zones There is a lot of talk going on about the endurance and struggle that startup founders go through....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There is a lot of talk going on about the endurance and struggle that startup founders go through. How long the hours are, we all...
Rest of World -...
Demand for Starlink in Zimbabwe is overwhelming capacity Traditional internet in Zimbabwe is slow, unreliable, and expensive. Elon Musk’s satellite service...
a week ago
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a week ago
Traditional internet in Zimbabwe is slow, unreliable, and expensive. Elon Musk’s satellite service sold out within weeks of launching in the country.
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Microsoft is building a data center in a tiny Indian village. Locals allege it’s dumping industrial... “These big companies think they can enter small villages like ours, take our land, and destroy it.”
4 months ago
Noahpinion
The free world teeters on the edge of a knife If Trump is elected, there will be no liberal great powers left in the world.
2 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Stephen Diehl
A Haskell Implementation Reading List
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
How China’s hottest social media app turned Düsseldorf into a foodie destination The trendiest food city in Europe isn’t Paris or London. It’s Düsseldorf — thanks to Xiaohongshu.
a year ago
Noahpinion
The perverse incentives of euthanasia Suggesting that people die is not a good way of saving taxpayer money.
8 months ago
Noahpinion
This is not a good way to fight racism in America Building a multiracial society is hard work. Don't be tempted by shortcuts.
10 months ago
Rest of World -...
Apple’s reluctant shift toward India Apple apparently sees India as a destination to assemble and sell its iPhones. But CEO Tim Cook...
a year ago
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a year ago
Apple apparently sees India as a destination to assemble and sell its iPhones. But CEO Tim Cook hasn’t made any big promises yet.
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret A frequent question entrepreneurs have when they are just starting their company is:  how secretive...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A frequent question entrepreneurs have when they are just starting their company is:  how secretive should I be about my idea?  My answer…
SatPost by Trung...
Getting Out on a High Note Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin and Quentin Tarantino show the psychological power of walking away at...
a year ago
David Perell
Punctuation is Music If you want to improve your writing, match your punctuation to the mood. Punctuation is to writing...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
Paul Graham: Essays
Why to Move to a Startup Hub
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
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
Ed Zitron's Where's...
We're Watching Facebook Die In the first quarter of 2024, Meta made $36.45 billion dollars - $12.37 billion dollars of which was...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
In the first quarter of 2024, Meta made $36.45 billion dollars - $12.37 billion dollars of which was pure profit. Though the company no longer reports daily active users, it now uses another metric: “family daily active people.” This number refers to “registered and logged-in
Essays - Benedict...
Competing in search A quarter century after 'don't be evil', a judge has found that Google is abusing its monopoly in...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
A quarter century after 'don't be evil', a judge has found that Google is abusing its monopoly in search. But no-one knows what happens next, and whether this ruling will change anything. Will Apple build a search engine? Will ChatGPT change search? Does it matter?
Platformer
Susan Wojcicki makes her exit She had a legendary run. Will YouTube's end with it?
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Nazis don’t deserve free speech. Reality check: Nazism is not an intellectual hypothetical that bears good faith discussion. It's...
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Reality check: Nazism is not an intellectual hypothetical that bears good faith discussion. It's not a controversial thought experiment. It is a historical movement designed to demonise and exterminate the Other. Born in the tumultuous aftermath of World War I, Nazi...
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At least five interesting things: The new conservative era (#53) Conservative poll shift; Democratic machine politics; science and politics; some good news; better...
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Conservative poll shift; Democratic machine politics; science and politics; some good news; better teachers; the AI slowdown; consumer confidence
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Half of Singapore’s e-commerce scams now happen on WhatsApp, Facebook, or Instagram After a 50% increase in scams in 2023, Singapore authorities say Meta isn’t doing enough to stop the...
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Before the Crowd Shows Up The arena rewards those who arrive early.
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At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#31) Indian poverty reduction, America's friends, Canada's economy, Europe grows a spine, and Japan's...
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Full stack startups Many of today's most exciting startups were tried before in a different form. Suppose you develop a...
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Many of today's most exciting startups were tried before in a different form. Suppose you develop a new technology that is valuable to some…
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The Hindsight Game There are all kinds of strategies for evaluating startup ideas - investors talk about having a...
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There are all kinds of strategies for evaluating startup ideas - investors talk about having a “prepared mind,” others build market maps, I like to think about toys, and we could go on. What everyone wants to do is predict the future. That’s honestly impossible. But we can...
Data Boutique
Tracking Farfetch [Part 2]: Kering's Exit A case study for web data
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Feels bad, man: how memes escape from their creators and fuel extremism. Meme content is so contextually bound and temporally sensitive that yesterday’s viral sensation is...
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Meme content is so contextually bound and temporally sensitive that yesterday’s viral sensation is today’s digital fossil. Writing about memes, then, is a delicate dance on a stage where every word and interpretation risks obsolescence as the cultural tide swiftly changes....
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Software patents should be abolished The alleged societal benefit of patent law is that it creates a financial incentive to innovate....
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The alleged societal benefit of patent law is that it creates a financial incentive to innovate.  The societal drawback is that it reduces…
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Disturbed by tragic deaths, Indian students are raging against celebrity YouTube teachers Students feel betrayed by the lack of support from these educators who enjoy near-cult popularity.
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China fights for an edge on semiconductors The gallium problem could become everyone’s problem
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Real estate is China's economic Achilles heel It's the country's biggest engine of growth an employment, financial asset, and source of government...
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Why content sites are getting ripped off A commenter on my blog the other day (Tim Ogilvie) mentioned a distinction that I found really...
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A commenter on my blog the other day (Tim Ogilvie) mentioned a distinction that I found really interesting between intent generation and…
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 #2 💡 Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it...
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#1 💡 #2 💡 Tons of companies are looking to hire someone like this but no one knows how to do it reliably. There are also tons of people who would like to work in such a role but they are hard to find as there is no generally accepted job title. Seems like a huge opportunity if...
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...
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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.
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How an economic crisis shifted Sri Lanka’s e-commerce industry Rakhil Fernando of Daraz talks about how the company had to shift its focus from lifestyle products...
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Using AI to revive nostalgia — and preserve Hong Kong’s past Michael Chang, CEO of Capture.HK, talks about how the company helps digitize old albums and video...
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Taylor Sheridan's Extreme Productivity The prolific mind behind "Sicario" and "Yellowstone" only started his writing career at 40. The...
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The prolific mind behind "Sicario" and "Yellowstone" only started his writing career at 40. The realest deadlines (a young family, a $350m ranch) have pushed him to grind at an unbelievable pace.
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Apple’s biggest competition in India? Used iPhone sellers “We give them the same phone, in the same brand-new condition,” says one seller.
a year ago
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The “thin edge of the wedge” strategy Establishing relationships with new users is the hardest part of growing a startup.  For consumer...
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Establishing relationships with new users is the hardest part of growing a startup.  For consumer products establishing relationships can…
Paul Graham: Essays
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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
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This Hajj VR simulator helps Muslims prepare for the holy pilgrimage The pilgrimage can be hard to navigate for first-timers, so Pakistan’s Labbaik VR offers a chance to...
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Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#48) Information war; Chinese VC; land reform; India's garment industry; degrowth research; Trump vs....
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Information war; Chinese VC; land reform; India's garment industry; degrowth research; Trump vs. Harris on deficits; good news
Platformer
Why TikTok's future has never been so cloudy ByteDance thought it had a deal with the government in August. Then came the bans — and a spying...
a year ago
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Financing risk Startups that raise seed funding face the risk of not being able to raise additional money. This is...
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Startups that raise seed funding face the risk of not being able to raise additional money. This is what is sometimes known as “financing…
Data Boutique
Economics of Web Data: ROI Customer's Value Standpoint
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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
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"Natural languages are adequate, but that doesn't mean they're optimal" Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic...
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Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with…
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#22) Test score collapse, triumph of the vibes, U.S. dependence on China, the benefits of upzoning,...
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a year ago
Test score collapse, triumph of the vibes, U.S. dependence on China, the benefits of upzoning, immigrants and jobs, and a world at war
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Thales the Milesian Like a lot of things we think are obvious today, financial options were first invented by a...
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Like a lot of things we think are obvious today, financial options were first invented by a philosopher: There is the anecdote of Thales the…
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Building an app that uses AI to interpret dreams Pandemic isolation inspired Coco Chen to work on the spiritual health platform Dreamore.
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Around the world with Rest of World Put your geography knowledge to the test.
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Three holes in the U.S.' economic strategy against China Legacy chips, drones, and coordination with allies.
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Technology is transforming the deadly voyage from Cuba to Florida From Havana to Key West on a surfboard and a cellphone.
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Unpacked
Twitter Pays Creators: The Momentum Towards Revenue Sharing Amidst fierce platform competition, creators stand to gain a lot from the emergence of...
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Monoids for analytics This is a short post on the elegance of using abstract algebra for analytics in Scala. A monoid is...
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This is a short post on the elegance of using abstract algebra for analytics in Scala. A monoid is a set that is closed under an…
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Apple finally breaks Android’s grip on Southeast Asia Rising wealth in the region has young professionals ditching cheaper Chinese smartphones for...
a year ago
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Platform distribution risks When your product extends a platform’s functionality, one of the main risks you face is that the...
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When your product extends a platform’s functionality, one of the main risks you face is that the platform could embed your product’s key…
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...
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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...
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The thin edge of the wedge for virtual reality Pius Uzamere argues that virtual reality will succeed first in business applications instead of...
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Pius Uzamere argues that virtual reality will succeed first in business applications instead of gaming: The most interesting virtual reality…
Paul Graham: Essays
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Steve Jobs, Rick Rubin and "taste" The Apple co-founder and the super-producer share similar ideas regarding taste and creativity.
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Why Amazon isn’t the Amazon of Latin America The paradox of e-commerce
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caring about newness we don't create with the intent to recycle
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3 Hours or Nothing Musing #14 | The merits of being binary with your time
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Embracing AI I could only avoid AI in my startup for so long before I actually found a use for it… How I used...
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I could only avoid AI in my startup for so long before I actually found a use for it… How I used ChatGPT to make the life of my support team easier.
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What we learned from reporting on global tech this year Rest of World contributors from Dhaka to Buenos Aires share their highlights, low points, and key...
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Lost In The Future Soundtrack: Post Pop Depression - Paraguay I haven't wanted to write much in the last...
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Soundtrack: Post Pop Depression - Paraguay I haven't wanted to write much in the last week. Seemingly every single person on Earth with a blog has tried to drill down into what happened on November 5 — to find the people to blame, to somehow explain what could&
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Expectations Versus Reality A few months ago, OpenAI showed off “Sora,” a product that can generate videos based on a short...
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A few months ago, OpenAI showed off “Sora,” a product that can generate videos based on a short prompt, much like ChatGPT does for text or DALL-E does for images, and I asked myself a pretty simple question: "...how can someone actually make something useful out of
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Google’s feature creep Microsoft used to be considered the king of feature creep.  Here was Microsoft Word when it was most...
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Microsoft used to be considered the king of feature creep.  Here was Microsoft Word when it was most cluttered: I don’t use any of…
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The company that thinks it can succeed where Lime failed Russia’s Whoosh launched in Brazil last year, and plans to expand across the country by 2026.
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Platformer
Why journalists can't quit Twitter The media should be building alternatives. Instead, some are doubling down
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The Need to Read
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The vehicle experience center tackling EV misconceptions in Nigeria EV adoption in Nigeria is almost nonexistent, but a local startup is helping solve that problem.
a year ago
Inverted Passion
Don’t sell your soul to the algorithm The danger of pleasing the algorithm to go viral is that gradually you end up selling yourself to...
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The danger of pleasing the algorithm to go viral is that gradually you end up selling yourself to big tech companies. This is how it works: This loop has two sinister effects: All this to make the richest companies and their shareholders even richer. This is why we must refuse to...
Business Brainstorms
Daily briefing AI, Hello Fresh but better, building in a cave, postcard lead gen, controllable input... Hey, In this issue: idea for an AI-powered Gmail extension to streamline your digital life, private...
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Hey, In this issue: idea for an AI-powered Gmail extension to streamline your digital life, private prep cooks as a service, startup concepts inspired by Y Combinator data, prompt for SEO optimized articles. Plus, founder insights on the power of focus and advertising channels....
Internal Tech Emails
Bill Gates on Netscape | Larry Page and YouTube I don't want a lot of guesses about Netscape generated by people who may know less than I do. I want...
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a year ago
I don't want a lot of guesses about Netscape generated by people who may know less than I do. I want to learn a lot of facts - most of which I don't already know.
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The time to eat the hors d’oeuvres is when they’re being passed The efficient market hypothesis is a widely taught financial theory that states, roughly, that under...
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over a year ago
The efficient market hypothesis is a widely taught financial theory that states, roughly, that under certain generally-held conditions…
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China’s favorite resale app is a youth subculture hotspot You can sell anything on it, and millions do, but it's also become a forum for fandoms and birthed a...
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a year ago
You can sell anything on it, and millions do, but it's also become a forum for fandoms and birthed a unique style of confessional item listings.
Paul Graham: Essays
Copy What You Like
over a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#45) Intel; Canada's economy; infrastructure and state capacity; East Asian development; race in America;...
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Intel; Canada's economy; infrastructure and state capacity; East Asian development; race in America; corrupt nonprofits
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The digital dark side The advent of digital media promised so much. Savvy shoppers would no longer be surreptitiously...
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over a year ago
The advent of digital media promised so much. Savvy shoppers would no longer be surreptitiously swayed by advertising alone. The internet would enable them to research products. Social media would allow them to share their experiences. And ecommence would provide the power...
Paul Graham: Essays
The Risk of Discovery
over a year ago
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The Internet Economy We are living in an era of bundling. The big five consumer tech companies — Google, Apple, Facebook,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
We are living in an era of bundling. The big five consumer tech companies — Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft — have moved far…
Noahpinion
The dark vision of America Persecuting groups of people to score political points is not OK.
3 months ago
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Influencers are getting young Nigerians hooked on online gambling While sports betting is legal in Nigeria, experts say the government should have more oversight on...
a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#27) Chaos Climbers, gender wars, union wars, social media toxicity, a good spending bill, and urban...
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Steve Blank
National Industrial Policy – Private Capital and The America’s Frontier Fund Steps Up This article previously appeared in The National Interest. Last month the U.S. passed the CHIPS and...
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over a year ago
This article previously appeared in The National Interest. Last month the U.S. passed the CHIPS and Science Act, one of the first pieces of national industrial policy – government planning and intervention in a specific industry — in the last 50 years, in this case for...
Paul Graham: Essays
How Y Combinator Started
over a year ago
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If an alien film crew chose to feature our species in a nature documentary, they’d have plenty of… If an alien film crew chose to feature our species in a nature documentary, they’d have plenty of...
over a year ago
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We’re entering a golden age of engineering biology A guest post by Joshua March and Kasia Gora
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The experience economy Before World War 2, the middle-class in the developed world struggled to afford basic needs. In the...
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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…
Noahpinion
Is it time for the Revenge of the Normies? An optimistic take on technology and inequality.
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AVC
Coding Again It has been many years since I’ve written code. I’ve hacked around in HTML and CSS a bit on this...
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It has been many years since I’ve written code. I’ve hacked around in HTML and CSS a bit on this blog and a few other places. But I have not actually written an application in a very long time. I think it might be thirty years since I’ve done any real programming. Over the...
Noahpinion
Why small developers are getting squeezed out of the housing market A guest post by Coby Lefkowitz
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Jensen Huang, Dario Amodei and Manufacturing Intelligence at Scale PLUS: SpaceX's Starship miracle, Taco Bell's franchise model.
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Explain It Like I'm One of You Basketball podcasts, new media, and no more ELI5
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Paul Graham: Essays
Taste for Makers
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Top 10 websites Top 10 websites in the US according to Quantcast: A few observations: As Josh Kopelman points out,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Top 10 websites in the US according to Quantcast: A few observations: As Josh Kopelman points out, 4 of the top 10 sites (YouTube, Facebook…
Platformer
What I learned in year three of Platformer Has the Substack revolution come and gone? PLUS: What's changing in year four
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Working Theorys
The Generational Business Trap | Theory No. 11 On the varied longevity of businesses & why we shouldn't idolize permanence.
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Noahpinion
At least five interesting things to start your week (#42) The end of Chevron deference; export controls; jerky American profs; basic income; economics of AI;...
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The end of Chevron deference; export controls; jerky American profs; basic income; economics of AI; solar power uses; Global South tariffs; Gen Z wages; Stiglitz
Stephen Diehl
The Oncoming Ransomware Storm
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Tech + Economics +...
The unchecked rise of theocracy will extinguish liberal democracy. As a transgender woman, under any form of populist theocracy, my existence would be illegal. This...
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As a transgender woman, under any form of populist theocracy, my existence would be illegal. This is the reality of governance by faith-based doctrine. And it's a reality that cannot be allowed to spread. Religious freedom is a cornerstone of liberal democracy. Individuals...
Platformer
Five reasons Threads could still go the distance One week later, engagement is down — but the prize is still there for the taking
a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#24) Economists had a good 2023, degrowthers promising growth, the troubles in the humanities, U.S....
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11 months ago
Economists had a good 2023, degrowthers promising growth, the troubles in the humanities, U.S. redistribution, and defense production
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The capybara influencer revolt A wildlife influencer’s famous capybara was confiscated by Brazilian authorities. A mass movement...
a year ago
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Builders and extractors Tim O’Reilly poses a question every entrepreneur and investor should consider: are you creating more...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Tim O’Reilly poses a question every entrepreneur and investor should consider: are you creating more value for others than you capture for…
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Are people more willing to pay for digital goods on mobile devices? Mary Meeker’s [ ](images/screen-shot-2009-12-27-at-11-51-18-am.png) The assertion seems to be that...
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over a year ago
Mary Meeker’s [ ](images/screen-shot-2009-12-27-at-11-51-18-am.png) The assertion seems to be that there is something special about the…
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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
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Crunchyroll is trying to turn India into a nation of anime lovers The world’s largest anime streaming service is opening its second local office, working with...
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The world’s largest anime streaming service is opening its second local office, working with Bollywood stars, and adding dozens of shows per quarter.
Data Boutique
The hidden costs of asking for quotations in the data market Working towards faster, cheaper and safer data projects
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David Perell
The TWA Hotel The core concepts are simple. The implementation is borderline excessive. The post The TWA Hotel...
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The core concepts are simple. The implementation is borderline excessive. The post The TWA Hotel appeared first on David Perell.
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Inside versus outside financings: the nightclub effect At some point in the life of a venture-backed startup there typically arises a choice between doing...
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At some point in the life of a venture-backed startup there typically arises a choice between doing an inside round, where the existing…
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The chatbot answering modern-day questions about an ancient religion JainGPT answers inquiries ranging from “What is Jainism?” to “What happens after we die?”
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Nadia Asparouhova
Understanding science funding in tech, 2011-2021 For those who sit between science and tech, it’s hard not to notice the proliferation of new...
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over a year ago
For those who sit between science and tech, it’s hard not to notice the proliferation of new initiatives launched in the last two years, aimed at making major improvements in the life sciences especially. While I don’t have a science background, nor any personal relationship to...
Stephen Diehl
Dive into GHC: Pipeline
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Chinese factory owners are becoming TikTok comedians to find new business partners Factory influencers are producing actually funny videos on TikTok, Instagram, and WeChat to increase...
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Bedrock programming “Bedrock programming” is a phrase used to describe a style of programming that favors building code...
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“Bedrock programming” is a phrase used to describe a style of programming that favors building code from the ground up versus reusing…
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Domestic work in Vietnam: The 5-star butler who naps on the steps She cooks, cleans, and has a key. But she also naps in stairwells and eats in hallways.
a year ago
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Crypto Tokens: A Breakthrough in Open Network Design It is a wonderful accident of history that the internet and web were created as open platforms that...
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It is a wonderful accident of history that the internet and web were created as open platforms that anyone — users, developers…
Platformer
Microsoft just laid off one of its responsible AI teams As the company accelerates its push into AI products, the ethics and society team is gone
a year ago
Nothing Human
Against Positive-Sum Thinking why conflict is necessary
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Paul Graham: Essays
How People Get Rich Now
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Internal Tech Emails
The Sam Bankman-Fried Files In LA last weekend, I met with Michael Kives and his firm, K5. He is, probably, the most connected...
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In LA last weekend, I met with Michael Kives and his firm, K5. He is, probably, the most connected person I’ve ever met.  In attendance at the dinner at his house were: 1) Hillary Clinton 2) Doug Emhoff 3) Katy Perry 4) Orlando Bloom 5) Kate Hudson
Platformer
Google's most serious antitrust challenge to date The US government is coming after the company's ad business — and it might win
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Paul Graham: Essays
Alien Truth
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Mexico botched the end of daylight savings Banal change combined with everyday tech can upend everything in unexpected ways.
a year ago
Nadia Asparouhova
How to do the jhanas The jhanas are a series of eight (or nine) altered mental states, which progress from euphoria, to...
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The jhanas are a series of eight (or nine) altered mental states, which progress from euphoria, to calm, to dissolution of reality – culminating in cessation, or loss of consciousness. They are induced via sustained concentration, without any external stimuli or substances. This...
Nothing Human
I, Token an origin story
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Shoehorning startups into the VC model Tech startups go in an out of fashion. When they’re in fashion, as they are now, entrepreneurs and...
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Tech startups go in an out of fashion. When they’re in fashion, as they are now, entrepreneurs and VCs get lots of attention. Most of this…
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Alibaba.com’s U.S. expansion hinges on wooing mom-and-pop shops President Kuo Zhang tells Rest of World in an exclusive interview that the company is bullish about...
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How to Be an Angel Investor
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It’s not that seed investors are smarter – it’s that entrepreneurs are Paul Kedrosky recently speculated that there might be seed fund “crash” looming. Liz Gannes followed...
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Paul Kedrosky recently speculated that there might be seed fund “crash” looming. Liz Gannes followed up by suggesting seed investors are a…
Working Theorys
24 Working Theorys for 2024 Twenty-four ideas across four major themes: startups & investing, social products, media & creators,...
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Twenty-four ideas across four major themes: startups & investing, social products, media & creators, and lifestyle
Tom Blomfield
Five Unbreakable Rules for Startups I’ve been involved with 4 startups over the last 10 years or so, 3 as a co-founder. I’m a follower...
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I’ve been involved with 4 startups over the last 10 years or so, 3 as a co-founder. I’m a follower of Paul Graham and the YC camp of startup wisdom. There’s now a great deal of literature laying out the unbreakable rules for startups. Despite studying this literature, I’ve...
AVC
The Buy And Hold Mindset When markets are in turmoil, like they have been for most of this year, I like to have a...
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When markets are in turmoil, like they have been for most of this year, I like to have a buy-and-hold mindset when it comes to making new investments. It is hard to know when you’ve reached the bottom and can start buying again, but if you think about a ten or twenty-year hold,...
Business Brainstorms
Pets as Kids, Affiliate Fraud Prevention, Theory X vs. Theory Y, Conviction Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
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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 “We may have reached peak “pets as kids”… Jolly Dog, an...
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Technology and job creation In response to my recent post “Making industries ‘garage ready’ for startups“, venture...
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In response to my recent post “Making industries ‘garage ready’ for startups“, venture capitalist Jordan Elpern-Waxman made an interesting…
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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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Why decentralization matters The first two eras of the internet During the first era of the internet — from the 1980s through the...
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The first two eras of the internet During the first era of the internet — from the 1980s through the early 2000s — internet services were…
Internal Tech Emails
"Thoughts on OpenAI" To: Satya Nadella; Bill Gates
7 months ago
Rest of World -...
When disaster strikes, the world opens WhatsApp Meta's messaging app has transformed communication in conflict and crisis areas.
a week ago
Rest of World -...
TikTok users are chasing easy money by reposting viral videos from China The practice goes against TikTok's policies, but "gurus," and "mentors" are exploiting the trend...
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Get Startup Ideas
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
How Careem went from Pakistan’s ride-hailing leader to stuck on the sidelines After falling from dominance, Careem is experimenting — from corporate rides to price bidding — to...
6 months ago
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The idea maze for AI startups An “idea maze” is a map of all the key decisions and tradeoffs that startups in a given space need...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
An “idea maze” is a map of all the key decisions and tradeoffs that startups in a given space need to make: A good founder is capable of…
Steve Blank
Security Clearances at the Speed of Startups Imagine you got a job offer from a company but weren’t allowed to start work – or get paid – for...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Imagine you got a job offer from a company but weren’t allowed to start work – or get paid – for almost a year. And if you can’t pass a security clearance your offer is rescinded. Or you get offered an internship but can’t work on the most interesting part of the project. Sounds...
Essays - Benedict...
Stepping out of the firehose What does a mailbox with 351 thousand unread emails say about Bauhaus, the Arts and Crafts...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
What does a mailbox with 351 thousand unread emails say about Bauhaus, the Arts and Crafts movement, and the Metaverse?
SatPost by Trung...
I want Apple's Vision Pro The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
a year ago
Rest of World -...
ShopeeFood drops non-compete clause after Rest of World reporting Drivers for the Vietnam delivery company had used workarounds but feared detection. After Rest of...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Drivers for the Vietnam delivery company had used workarounds but feared detection. After Rest of World's reporting, the clause was dropped.
Paul Graham: Essays
The Venture Capital Squeeze
over a year ago
Platformer
Utah's war on social networks is a symptom of a larger problem Congress failed to act — and now a patchwork of bad state laws is eroding our privacy
a year ago
Inverted Passion
Why you will skim this article Most likely, you’re going to read this sentence and hit the back button. Still here? Good, then...
a year ago
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a year ago
Most likely, you’re going to read this sentence and hit the back button. Still here? Good, then you’re likely to scan through a few paragraphs in this article and then give up. (Unless, you’re a long-time reader and trust that my writing is worthy of your time. More on this...
Rest of World -...
Bangladesh’s internet blackout immobilizes its booming tech industry The government and internet service providers blame each other for the blackout amid massive...
5 months ago
Dustin Curtis
Apple Card disabled my iCloud, App Store, and Apple ID accounts About ten days ago, when I went to update a few apps in the App Store on my Mac, I was met with a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
About ten days ago, when I went to update a few apps in the App Store on my Mac, I was met with a curious error. The internet is filled with stories from people whose Google accounts were locked for unexplained reasons, causing them to lose all of their data, including years of...
Noahpinion
Repost: Weebs! Everything you didn't realize you wanted to know about the non-Japanese people who love Japanese pop...
a year ago
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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.
Ed Zitron's Where's...
One Month of Better Offline Hello! I have been deliberately not dropping every episode of my new show iHeartRadio/Cool Zone...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Hello! I have been deliberately not dropping every episode of my new show iHeartRadio/Cool Zone Media show Better Offline onto the newsletter feed, as I don't want to start sending you two emails a week, or make you feel like you're being spammed. I am
AVC
Leading From The Heart I have watched so many leaders over the years in my various roles as lead investor, board member,...
a year ago
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a year ago
I have watched so many leaders over the years in my various roles as lead investor, board member, board chair, investor, and advisor. And one thing I have learned from this front-row seat is that leading from the heart is very powerful. A leader can be the most brilliant product...
David Perell
How Philosophers Think Philosophers are the most rigorous thinkers I know. Like intellectual boxers; they come to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Philosophers are the most rigorous thinkers I know. Like intellectual boxers; they come to understand ideas by making them fight with each other. Their style of analysis is effective because it’s so bloody. One friend calls his style “violent thinking.” He talks about thinking...
Essays - Benedict...
TV, merchant media and the unbundling of advertising Amazon’s ad business is bigger than YouTube and more profitable than AWS. Shein is the biggest...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Amazon’s ad business is bigger than YouTube and more profitable than AWS. Shein is the biggest fast-fashion retailer in the US, with no stores. US pay TV subscribers have fallen by a third. Where do ad budgets go, where does rent go, and how many brands will there be?
Rest of World -...
How Singapore became the ideal testing ground for self-driving cars The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its...
3 weeks ago
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Good bizdev cannibalizes itself A few successful websites were built almost entirely through viral growth. The vast majority,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A few successful websites were built almost entirely through viral growth. The vast majority, however, started off by partnering with other…
Nadia Asparouhova
Idea machines Tech as a system of values, and not just an industry, is heavily driven by its subcultures and their...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Tech as a system of values, and not just an industry, is heavily driven by its subcultures and their ideologies. Where do these ideologies come from, and how do they influence what’s accomplished? One of the most visible ideologies in tech is effective altruism (or EA), a...
Rest of World -...
The U.S. is racing to source chips from Vietnam —  but engineers are scant A deficit of 15,000 engineers is predicted in the next five years. Just 89 students are enrolled in...
a year ago
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a year ago
A deficit of 15,000 engineers is predicted in the next five years. Just 89 students are enrolled in the country’s only comprehensive chip engineering degree.
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Tech + Economics +...
Apple’s LLM gap is real. It might not last much longer. Apple has carved out a prestigious position in the consumer tech market through sleek designs,...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Apple has carved out a prestigious position in the consumer tech market through sleek designs, user-friendly interfaces, and a robust ecosystem. The data is clear - Apple is the market and perception leader in every category that matters. But developments in Large Language...
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Some thoughts on when to raise money, and the current financing environment A key question for founders is when they should try to raise money. More specifically, they often...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A key question for founders is when they should try to raise money. More specifically, they often wonder whether to raise money now or wait…
Rest of World -...
China shows a glimmer of hope for Western business Think of it as "conscious decoupling."
a year ago
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...
Working Theorys
Status Limbo | Theory No. 27 To get status, you have to give up status.
11 months ago
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What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten... Many breakthrough technologies were hatched by hobbyists in garages and dorm rooms. Prominent...
over a year ago
Raw Thought (from...
How Looper Works
over a year ago
Dustin Curtis
Blocked A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
A couple of years ago, I posted a slight criticism of Elon Musk that led prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to block me. Since then, I have been unable to view his posts1, which is a shame because I valued his thoughts and opinions. Today, X engineering announced...
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The decline of the mobile web People are spending more time on mobile vs desktop: And more of their mobile time using apps, not...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
People are spending more time on mobile vs desktop: And more of their mobile time using apps, not the web: This is a worrisome trend for…
Noahpinion
Why the U.S. should fight Cold War 2 And what it means to "fight" in this case.
a year ago
Roberto Vitillo's...
A martingale approach to detect changes in histograms If a user has opted into submitting performance data to Mozilla, the Telemetry system will collect...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If a user has opted into submitting performance data to Mozilla, the Telemetry system will collect various measures of Firefox performance…
Aaron's Essays
I and We Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego component is even larger. This is a good thing. Ego is what gives the founder the confidence to create something new. Ego powers the belief that the new thing the founder creates will...
Paul Graham: Essays
Better Bayesian Filtering
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
A traveler’s dream: Cash-free payment systems link up across Southeast Asia From Bali to Bangkok, people are ditching cards for QR code payments. There’s a catch: For now, it’s...
a year ago
Platformer
The AI industry really should slow down a little This year has given us a bounty of innovations. We could use some time to absorb them
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
The Founder Visa
over a year ago
Business Brainstorms
A/B QR, how to run a business, airport rides, high-growth Asia-Pacific companies, lessons from Keith... 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 “i want to go to a doctor that will run every single...
Entrepreneur's Edge
Your Name is an Ad Creative that is Everywhere, All at Once Learn how to leverage cognitive science to create an instant brand advantage.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Stop saying "there is no decoupling". There is! Decoupling will take time, and it won't look like the Iron Curtain, but it's happening.
a year ago
Aaron's Essays
Things that aren't progress A few months ago, I wrote about things that look like work, but aren't. As I paid more attention to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A few months ago, I wrote about things that look like work, but aren't. As I paid more attention to founders doing these things, I started thinking about why they were happening. I realized that the behaviors were largely a function of bad goal setting. When founders choose bad...
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Steve Jobs single-handedly restructured the mobile industry With the introduction of the iPhone, Steve Jobs achieved something that might be unique in the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
With the introduction of the iPhone, Steve Jobs achieved something that might be unique in the history of business: he single-handedly…
Paul Graham: Essays
A Way to Detect Bias
over a year ago
Blog posts of...
Startup Mentoring Sessions: How to get the most out of it. Everyone is doing pitch training. Almost no-one does training for the mentoring session, but this is...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Everyone is doing pitch training. Almost no-one does training for the mentoring session, but this is where most startups get the m...
Rest of World -...
Kenya’s biggest protest in recent history played out on a walkie-talkie app More than 40,000 Kenyans have downloaded Zello since protests began against the government’s plan to...
5 months ago
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You need to use social services to understand them I don’t know if Malcolm Gladwell is right when he claims “the revolution will not be tweeted,” but I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I don’t know if Malcolm Gladwell is right when he claims “the revolution will not be tweeted,” but I can say with certainty that the Twitter…
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Virtual reality: a new creative medium where the default state is belief The holy grail of virtual reality, the one that’s always been out of reach until now, is presence....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The holy grail of virtual reality, the one that’s always been out of reach until now, is presence. In the VR community, “presence” is a term…