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H-Mart Stays Winning

How the cult grocer went from a single Korean corner store in Queens, NY to America's largest Asian supermarket with $1B+ in sales.

6 days ago 9 votes
The Case Against Streaming TV Shows

New streaming TV shows ask for a 20-30 hour time commitment. Unlike network TV, you will often be binge-ing alone and may never even get a pay-off (or the pay-off will suck).

a week ago 11 votes
An Ode to Skype

PLUS: Erewhon's $19 Strawberry, Citi's UX Problem.

2 weeks ago 14 votes
Magnus Carlsen, David Deutsch and the "Fun Criterion"

PLUS: Ferrari’s Wild Economics, Timothée Chalamet, Cost of Being On YouTube.

3 weeks ago 17 votes
So Much "Succession"

The Murdoch family succession drama is as succession-y as "Succession" could ever succession.

a month ago 19 votes

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Careless People: Facebook insider’s memoir reveals more in what it omits

Sarah Wynn-Williams’ memoir is a courageous feat, but it glosses over her own indifference to warnings from policymakers, civil society, and internal teams outside the U.S. about serious harm to communities from Facebook.

20 hours ago 1 votes
Blue states don't build. Red states do.

A timely repost, with some updates.

2 days ago 2 votes
The Phony Comforts of AI Optimism

A few months ago, Casey Newton of Platformer ran a piece called "The phony comforts of AI skepticism," framing those who would criticize generative AI as "having fun," damning them as "hyper-fixated on the things [AI] can't do." I am not going

3 days ago 6 votes
How a Japanese entrepreneur built Ethiopia’s fastest-growing EV maker

Dodai is building 300 battery-swapping stations to cut costs and make EVs more accessible.

3 days ago 4 votes