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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
Essays - Benedict...
What kind of disruption? Software ate the world. Uber and Airbnb didn’t sell software - they disrupted and redefined...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Software ate the world. Uber and Airbnb didn’t sell software - they disrupted and redefined markets. But what kind of disruption are we talking about ?
Working Theorys
From "Shadow Artist" to Artist A conversation with Dipa Halder, software engineer turned full-time artist.
2 months ago
Articles
3 things I learned from my book launch
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Heterodox vs. mainstream macroeconomics If you're skeptical of one, you should be skeptical of the other too.
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Matt Stoller Explains Monopolies The latest episode of my podcast Better Online is a conversation with Matt Stoller — America’s...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
The latest episode of my podcast Better Online is a conversation with Matt Stoller — America’s leading voice on monopoly and antitrust matters, and a thoughtful and prolific writer. You can find Matt on Twitter here, and his newsletter here. It was a timely conversation. At the
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Revenue vs margin Three years ago, Fred Wilson wrote a great blog post called When Talking About Business Models,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Three years ago, Fred Wilson wrote a great blog post called When Talking About Business Models, Remember that Profits Equal Revenues Minus…
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The challenge of creating a new category One of the hardest things to do as a startup is to create a new category.  Bloggers and press have a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One of the hardest things to do as a startup is to create a new category.  Bloggers and press have a natural tendency to “pigeonhole” – to…
Aaron's Essays
Avoiding Errors in Demo Day Fundraising I’ll be addressing the topic below along with Alfred Lin from Sequoia and Ilya Sukhar from Matrix on...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’ll be addressing the topic below along with Alfred Lin from Sequoia and Ilya Sukhar from Matrix on 3/24: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qgghYDq4QxCiW9REOOrbmw It would be challenging to name all the fundraising mistakes that founders make during the many demo days...
Noahpinion
How Brazil built a world-beating aircraft manufacturer A guest post by Pedro Franco.
4 months ago
Nothing Human
Unbendable Arm as Test Case for Religious Belief a hyperstition you can try at home
4 months ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Have We Reached Peak AI? Last week, the Wall Street Journal published a 10-minute-long interview with OpenAI CTO Mira Murati,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published a 10-minute-long interview with OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, with journalist Joanna Stern asking a series of thoughtful yet straightforward questions that Murati failed to satisfactorily answer. When asked about what data was used to train...
David Perell
Ambitious People Need Each Other Ambitious people don’t just need peers. They need mentors. They need people who will encourage them...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Ambitious people don’t just need peers. They need mentors. They need people who will encourage them to pursue hard and meaningful projects.  The post Ambitious People Need Each Other appeared first on David Perell.
Rest of World -...
“China’s K-pop moment”: Wukong’s global success sparks government embrace of video games as soft... China is changing its long-critical stance thanks to the smash hit, according to Chinese game...
11 months ago
Stephen Diehl
Et tu, Signal?
over a year ago
Noahpinion
America has only one real city We need a few more of them. How can we get them?
a week ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
"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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with…
Rest of World -...
Why AI advancement doesn’t have to come at the expense of marginalized workers In her new book, Empire of AI, Karen Hao insists that AI companies don’t have to choose between...
3 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Two Kinds of Judgement
over a year ago
Articles
What is Bluesky social? (Twitter and Mastodon alternative) Bluesky is a new social network that's an alternative to Twitter and Mastodon. I was invited back in...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Bluesky is a new social network that's an alternative to Twitter and Mastodon. I was invited back in February, and there hasn't been much momentum on the app... until the last week. There's been a sudden surge of interest (perhaps driven by FOMO?).
Stephen Diehl
On Unintentional Scams
over a year ago
Articles
Why we buy from winners
over a year ago
Data Boutique
Stop Scraping H&M (And Other Things Live on Data Boutique) Web Scraped Data Catalog June 2023
over a year ago
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...
over a year ago
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over 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.
AVC
AI Art There has been a lot of discussion about how AIs can make art and possibly replace artists, but I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There has been a lot of discussion about how AIs can make art and possibly replace artists, but I think the opposite is more likely to happen. Artists have been using AI to make art for a while now and the pace has picked up a lot in recent years. I have always loved the […]
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: Nerdy economics edition (#54) The DBCFT; Construction productivity and regulation; Rationality and complexity; U.S. productivity...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
The DBCFT; Construction productivity and regulation; Rationality and complexity; U.S. productivity growth; Demand-side inflation; Health care monopsony and innovation
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...
over a year ago
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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
The Handwavy Technobabble Nothingburger
over 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...
Noahpinion
Repost: Someone has to run the fabs Egalitarianism is important but we neglect STEM education at our peril
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
What Doesn't Seem Like Work?
over a year ago
Tom Blomfield
Apple is propping up a fundamentally broken payments industry Apple’s latest announcement on payments has sparked some interesting debate but also a fair share of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Apple’s latest announcement on payments has sparked some interesting debate but also a fair share of breathless pronouncements on a “revolution" in mobile payments. To be clear - Apple Pay is a step forward in terms of end user experience - but it simply entrenches a...
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
Improbable: enabling the development of large-scale simulated worlds Over the past decade, computing resources that were previously available only to large...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Over the past decade, computing resources that were previously available only to large organizations became available to almost anyone…
Internal Tech Emails
Bill Gates on "hard-core detractors" | Elon Musk responds to Tesla investor The key point is that they can't both be right. They share only one thing - saying negative things...
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Brazil wants to be a sustainable data center hub. Environmentalists are skeptical The country recently announced its national data center policy, despite worries that new investments...
a month ago
SatPost by Trung...
"The Economist" Cover Curse, Explained PLUS: My Dune 2 review, TikTok Ban and Why Jalapeños are Less Spicy.
a year ago
Dylan Huang Blog
After 3 Years, I Failed. Here's All My Startup's Code. And by "all," I mean everything: core product, failed pivots, miscellaneous
9 months ago
Paul Graham: Essays
A Student's Guide to Startups
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Pakistan needs a plan The country can't go on like this. It needs stability, privatization, education, foreign investment,...
a year ago
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a year ago
The country can't go on like this. It needs stability, privatization, education, foreign investment, and peace.
Paul Graham: Essays
How You Know
over a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Mark Zuckerberg and Snapchat I'm disappointed and frustrated by this. I don't know what else to say to him.
4 months ago
Stephen Diehl
FPTs: Pure Fungibility on the Blockchain
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
What Made Lisp Different
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
What I Worked On
over a year ago
XO Capital - Field...
Some Podcasts + 1 Growth Tactic To Steal Your boy was on two pods the past few weeks.  Can I still talk like this at 33? The Startup...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Your boy was on two pods the past few weeks.  Can I still talk like this at 33? The Startup Blueprint Episode 9 - Don't Build It.... Buy It? Acquiring a $1M ARR Portfolio This is a great intro from the perspective of Indie Hackers looking to
Articles
How to get out of a rut There's nothing worse than feeling stuck. If you've been pushing hard for years, and haven't seen...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There's nothing worse than feeling stuck. If you've been pushing hard for years, and haven't seen the results you want, it's disheartening.
Noahpinion
America is ruled by gangsters now Three takeaways from Trump's disastrous meeting with Zelensky.
5 months ago
Rest of World -...
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.
a year ago
AVC
My Year-End Playlist As usual, here are some songs that stuck with me this year. fredwilson · Backing It When No One...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
As usual, here are some songs that stuck with me this year. fredwilson · Backing It When No One Believed I hope you enjoy it.