Aishwarya Goel

What I mean is: “what does your typical user want to do: hang out or get a question answered and move on?”

Facebook is where people go to hang out . It’s the dominant social media site, even if the kids are moving on to something else these days. In this type of community people chat, hang out, and get to know each other better. The technology or... See more

The way human beings tend to have original ideas is to immerse in a problem for a long period of time, which is something that flat out doesn’t happen when LLMs do the thinking. You get shallow, surface-level ideas instead.

true simplicity emerges only after you’ve grasped the full complexity first. you can’t abstract away what you don’t fully comprehend. once you deeply understand the entire system — the edge cases, feedback loops, emergent behaviors — then the elegant patterns start to surface, creating solutions that genuinely click.

Working alongside AI should be like driving with directions. If you’re in an unfamiliar area, it nudges you in the right direction by predicting the next sequence for whatever you’re doing, whether coding, designing, or writing. And you can choose whether to ignore the directions or not because you’re in control.

And then there’s self-driving cars.... See more

The first shtick gets you noticed. It’s usually a job, a core skill, something that makes you credible, competent, and useful. Alone, though, it’s one-dimensional.

The second shtick is the one that keeps you interesting. It’s the twist, the unexpected dimension that makes you versatile, memorable, harder to pin down.

Together, they balance you:... See more

when people match their crazy to the right outlet, they become terrifyingly powerful.

with few exceptions, anything that becomes commoditized and ubiquitous - from shoes and clothing to watches and cars - spurs demand for a more scarce and meaning-infused version (often with brand/story and quality driving the premium).

this is now happening to content.