Ideas I want to write about

The value of community-built products goes up. Because communities create moats that AI can’t replicate. Users who care enough to contribute don’t exist in a training set.

The value of taste and curation goes up. Because infinite content makes filtering more valuable than creating. Knowing what to ignore beats knowing what to make.

The liberating arts are:

• Logic : how to derive truth from known facts


• Statistics : how to understand the implications of data


• Rhetoric : how to persuade, and spot persuasion tactics


• Research : how to gather information on an unknown subject


• (Practical) Psychology : how to discern and understand the true motives of others


• Investment : how to manage

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the deeper game here is understanding that in democracies & markets alike, perception is reality for most participants. the hat doesn’t make trump more competent, but it makes his story stickier . & in a world where attention is the scarcest resource, stickiness beats subtlety every time.

this is why most startups fail at messaging. they optimize for logic when they should optimize for recognition . they A/B test headlines instead of understanding that brand is fundamentally about reducing cognitive load for exhausted humans scrolling through infinite options.

most founders think they’re building for rational actors who carefully weigh features & benefits. they’re not. they’re building for humans, pattern matching machines who mistake repetition for truth & consistency for competence.

Ideas now matter more than execution.

If taste is the new intelligence, and curation is the new IQ test in a world where information is overflowing and anyone can create anything, choosing what ideas deserve to be executed deserves the first seat at the table. It’s never been easier to create something mediocre. And if UBI becomes a thing, some... See more

What you find interesting is a better predictor of success than what you're good at.