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Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week #1 💡 In my university days everyone had to attend a workshop on stress management. The one golden...
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#1 💡 In my university days everyone had to attend a workshop on stress management. The one golden nugget I took away from it is that stress is 100% a framing issue. You only feel stressed when you think you can't handle it. Absolutely nothing wrong with a full calendar, juggling...
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#21) Saudi oil, delayed economic optimism, the EV revolution, U.S. education performance, Indian...
a year ago
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Saudi oil, delayed economic optimism, the EV revolution, U.S. education performance, Indian industrialization, and Chinese urbanism
SatPost by Trung...
I want Apple's Vision Pro The Apple Vision Pro has a very appealing use case: "the workplace of your dreams".
over a year ago
Articles
Do you need marketing tracking and automation?
over a year ago
Stephen Diehl
Facebook Libra is Architecturally Unsound
over a year ago
Articles
Main Street fights back
over a year ago
Noahpinion
The Age of Twitter is finally ending. Can Substack take its place? Some thoughts on the future of the media.
3 months ago
Business Brainstorms
Operational Minimalism, Zero shame in pulling the plug, OpenAI blog posts, ... Welcome to another edition of Business Brainstorms - your weekly dose of invaluable insights, trends...
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over a year ago
Welcome to another edition of Business Brainstorms - your weekly dose of invaluable insights, trends and opportunities served up fresh from the cerebral kitchen of Jakob Greenfeld. Time to brainstorm! 💡 Opportunities “Whoever can find out how to crack the operational hurdles of...
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#46) Morning in America; Trump's bad vibes; Japan's chip industry; Biden and abundance; native-born...
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Morning in America; Trump's bad vibes; Japan's chip industry; Biden and abundance; native-born employment; redistribution; transit costs
Folklore.org:...
Round Rects Are Everywhere! Steve inspires Bill by pointing out something about the real world
over a year ago
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The phrase that ruled the Indian internet in 2023 Looking like a wow.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Is it time for the Revenge of the Normies? An optimistic take on technology and inequality.
a year ago
Working Theorys
Background Social Theory #41: on apps that let you tell me what you're up to without telling me what you're up to.
a year ago
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Indonesia has more than 700 languages. Can AI save them? Most LLMs such as GPT, Llama, and Gemini are trained largely in English, but several Southeast Asian...
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Most LLMs such as GPT, Llama, and Gemini are trained largely in English, but several Southeast Asian firms are focusing on Bahasa Indonesia and other regional languages.
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In India, buying a gun is a WhatsApp message away An analysis of more than 8,000 messages by Digital Witness Lab at Princeton University finds the...
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An analysis of more than 8,000 messages by Digital Witness Lab at Princeton University finds the Meta-owned platform is a thriving illegal firearms marketplace.
Paul Graham: Essays
The Four Quadrants of Conformism
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
over a year ago
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How an African streaming service dethroned Netflix Showmax sits at the top of the market with a vast library of local content, partnerships with...
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Showmax sits at the top of the market with a vast library of local content, partnerships with Comcast and HBO, and exclusive access to the biggest soccer leagues in the world.
Articles
Producing good content isn't enough
over a year ago
Tech + Economics +...
20 years of tech has made life easier, not better. Lately, I’ve felt nostalgic for the cluttered aisles of the local video store. It was more than a...
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Lately, I’ve felt nostalgic for the cluttered aisles of the local video store. It was more than a place; it was a portal, a weekend ritual that promised adventure, laughter, and the thrill of discovery. You would step inside, greeted by the scent of popcorn and the soft...
Paul Graham: Essays
The Anatomy of Determination
over a year ago
David Perell
28 Pieces of Life Advice In honor of my 28th birthday, here are 28 pieces of life advice. The post 28 Pieces of Life Advice...
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over a year ago
In honor of my 28th birthday, here are 28 pieces of life advice. The post 28 Pieces of Life Advice appeared first on David Perell.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things: The new conservative era (#53) Conservative poll shift; Democratic machine politics; science and politics; some good news; better...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Conservative poll shift; Democratic machine politics; science and politics; some good news; better teachers; the AI slowdown; consumer confidence
Nadia Asparouhova
Does meditation experience improve success with the jhanas? Jhanas – a series of altered mental states that are accessed via concentration – are often described...
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Jhanas – a series of altered mental states that are accessed via concentration – are often described as an “advanced meditation practice,” a phrase that suggests that one must be a skilled meditator to access them: just as only a skilled outdoorsman would embark upon an...
Articles
Non-alcoholic drink choices If you've quit drinking, what do you order at the bar when you go out for drinks with friends?
over a year ago
Inverted Passion
You can’t jail an AI Here’s why I worry about AI. We know that people can get away with anything to pursue their goals...
a year ago
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Here’s why I worry about AI. We know that people can get away with anything to pursue their goals (of profit, power, etc.) as long as they know they can get away with it, without negative consequences. We have had Hitlers, and insider traders. But the world keeps them in check...
Tom Blomfield
Automate Everything Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a...
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over a year ago
Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a programmer, but I’ve come to suspect (or hope) that this behaviour is inherent in being human. But being able to hack together scripts simply makes it much easier to go from a state of...
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Ethiopians are struggling to keep up with the new “EV or nothing” policy Ethiopia became the first country in the world to ban the import of gas and diesel cars. But the...
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Ethiopia became the first country in the world to ban the import of gas and diesel cars. But the country has only around 50 charging stations.
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Visa and Mastercard are pouring money into Africa From a startup accelerator to funding startups and even investing in telecom companies, the two U.S....
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From a startup accelerator to funding startups and even investing in telecom companies, the two U.S. giants are steadily increasing their presence on the continent.
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Small-scale investors are building Vietnam’s EV charging network Anyone with spare land in a good location can become a franchisee for a charging company, but with...
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Anyone with spare land in a good location can become a franchisee for a charging company, but with no government support it can take years to break even.
Ed Zitron's Where's...
CoreWeave Is A Time Bomb Soundtrack: EL-P (ft. Aesop Rock) - Run The Numbers In my years writing this newsletter I have come...
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Soundtrack: EL-P (ft. Aesop Rock) - Run The Numbers In my years writing this newsletter I have come across few companies as rotten as CoreWeave — an "AI cloud provider" that sells GPU compute to AI companies looking to run or train their models.  CoreWeave had intended
Working Theorys
The Lost Sense OR: The Marginalization of "Touch" in a Digital World
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Revisited: big VCs investing in seed rounds A few years ago, the trend of companies raising smaller seed rounds combined with the emergence of...
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A few years ago, the trend of companies raising smaller seed rounds combined with the emergence of new seed funds caused many big VCs to…
Platformer
How Google taught AI to doubt itself Can you stop chatbots from making stuff up using search?
a year ago
Steve Blank
The 6th Lean Innovation Educators Summit – Education and Innovation in the Age of Chaos and... Join Jerry Engel, Pete Newell, and Steve Weinstein for the sixth edition of the Lean Innovation...
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over a year ago
Join Jerry Engel, Pete Newell, and Steve Weinstein for the sixth edition of the Lean Innovation Educators Summit December 14, 1-4 pm Eastern Time, 10 am-1 pm Pacific Time. Register here. — This virtual gathering will bring together entrepreneurship educators from around the world...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
There are two kinds of people in the world You’ve either started a company or you haven’t.  ”Started” doesn’t mean joining as an early...
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You’ve either started a company or you haven’t.  ”Started” doesn’t mean joining as an early employee, or investing or advising or helping…
Noahpinion
Worst-case scenarios and endgames for the Trump economy And why Trump's attack on the Fed makes them more likely.
4 months ago
Blog posts of...
ADHD 🧠 I want to preface this by saying that I have only a mild case of ADHD, eg I don’t take any...
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I want to preface this by saying that I have only a mild case of ADHD, eg I don’t take any medication. I get regularly asked about...
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#45) Intel; Canada's economy; infrastructure and state capacity; East Asian development; race in America;...
a year ago
Dustin Curtis
Tesla and Storytelling Last week, Tesla unveiled two world-changing products: Robotaxi1, a fully self-driving taxi with no...
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Last week, Tesla unveiled two world-changing products: Robotaxi1, a fully self-driving taxi with no steering wheel or pedals, and an autonomous humanoid robot, called Optimus2, that can walk and has fully functioning hands and feet. Both of these products have been depicted in...
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China’s vision for a driverless future is miles ahead of everyone else’s Strong government backing and strict regulatory oversight of the Chinese autonomous vehicle industry...
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Strong government backing and strict regulatory oversight of the Chinese autonomous vehicle industry contrasts sharply with the piecemeal laws and slower adoption in the U.S.
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Indian government gives itself the power to “fact-check” and delete social media posts Journalists, opposition parties, and advocacy groups are worried what this “absolute power” means...
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Entrepreneurs need to learn some law I recently wrote a post where I said entrepreneurs need to understand term sheets on their own,...
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I recently wrote a post where I said entrepreneurs need to understand term sheets on their own, without the assistance of lawyers.  I got…
Ed Zitron's Where's...
The Shareholder Supremacy I promise you, everything that's happening makes sense. It all feels so chaotic, so utterly,...
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I promise you, everything that's happening makes sense. It all feels so chaotic, so utterly, offensively stupid, so disconnected from reality that it's hard to understand how Meta can run a terrible company with decaying services that's also wildly profitable, or how Meta,...
Data Boutique
How Data Boutique Works Making Web Data Purchases Easy
over a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management...
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I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don't drive usability issues.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
How We Got To Now I really enjoyed Steven Johnson's How We Got To Now. I read a lot of history and science books, but...
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I really enjoyed Steven Johnson's How We Got To Now. I read a lot of history and science books, but this book stood out because 1) the…
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Incubators It seems like every successful entrepreneur I know at one point or another kicks around the idea of...
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It seems like every successful entrepreneur I know at one point or another kicks around the idea of creating an incubator. The appeal is the…
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What it takes to raise a $300 million VC fund for Africa Tidjane Deme talks about convincing investors to back Africa-focused tech funds amid a global...
a year ago
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Gulf of Mexico vs. Gulf of America: How digital maps display disputed names Governments frequently disagree over the names of places. Here’s how mapping apps have dealt with...
6 months ago