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Brian
from Andy Weissman (partner at USV, legendary early-stage investor) on what to do with the app + how to think about pricing. Gold for anyone building consumer internet products.
Channeling Slouching Towards Bethlehem, there was a time where I felt like we were heading towards some dark, doom-laden future. While parts of the poem still feel accurate (the falcon can’t hear the falconer, the worst are full of passionate intensity), it’s no longer quite so clear to me where we are heading. Perhaps we’re just heading towards a
... See morePeople have always been good at imagining the end of the world, which is much easier to picture than the strange sidelong paths of change in a world without end.
Rebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Amidst the tone of graven importance the writers of these essays, maybe there’s not much to say that feels new—or if there is, we are often side-stepping it. In her book Hole Studies , Hilary Plum points out how contemporary essayists, she says, write “I’ve been thinking a lot about . . .” and “then just virtuously mention a subject, not saying one... See more
Lucy Schiller • I Cannot - The Paris Review
If AI progress totally stalls today, I think <25% of white collar employment goes away. Sure, many tasks will get automated. Claude 4 Opus can technically rewrite autogenerated transcripts for me. But since it’s not possible for me to have it improve over time and learn my preferences, I still hire a human for this. Even if we get more data,... See more
Dwarkesh Patel • Why I Have Slightly Longer Timelines Than Some of My Guests
Potentially a classic case of people overestimating what we can do in the short term, and underestimating what we can do in the long run.
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“Act as a research assistant. Summarize the top 3 developments in {specific field, e.g. 'AI policy' or 'climate tech'} from the past 90 days. Include source citations, key players, and potential second-order effects for professionals in the space.”