Abie Cohen

the white pill—used to describe those who look at the challenges of our day and feel instinctively that moments of change can be moments of possibility. Their feelings and actions are rooted in hope.

Many people pretend they do. Often they don’t because their ego and fear of failing get in the way. There is a close inverse correlation between ego and self-confidence. The latter is also an excellent indicator of resilience. Last week, a new study on the characteristics of unicorn founders found unlimited self-belief to be one of the three domina... See more

What Jerry is talking about is not adverse selection. It’s the second way of increasing convexity: funding the far-out-there-ideas, the Big If True ones. It’s one of the reasons I love the general venture zeitgeist around deep tech right now. If crazy bets like underwater energy storage, transformer-specialised chips, or tiny semi fabs succeed, the... See more

“The best way to think is to write.”

But woven into the anguish is a fundamental truth that will ultimately be our saving grace: We have an irrepressible bond with each and every Jew that transcends logic and reason. The hostages being held right now in Gaza are my family, and I will risk life and limb to bring them home.