Brain Food: Why Expensive is Cheap, Setbacks, and Influence
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Brain Food: Why Expensive is Cheap, Setbacks, and Influence
- In 1985, a gigabyte of hard drive memory cost around $75,000. By 1995, it was around $750. Come 2004 — the year Gmail began — it was a few dollars. Today, it’s less than a penny. Now Gmail offers 15 gigabytes free. What a marvel. What a mess.
from Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You. by Ezra Klein
Joe Maceda added
- What’s Google’s motive for providing free email? Is it that they just want people to be able to communicate easily with one another, or is it that a major advertising conglomerate with a twelve-figure annual revenue stands to benefit tremendously by consuming and using all of your inbound and outbound communication? In comparison, Fastmail is a com... See more
from Neatnik Notes · Motive as a filter
Alex Dobrenko added
Life is Cheap The brain is constantly trying to automate processes, thereby dispelling them from consciousness; in this way its work will be completed faster, more effectively and at a lower metabolic level. Consciousness, on the other hand, is slow, subject to error and ‘expensive’.
from How We Are by Vincent Deary
Debbie Foster added