right brain > left brain
In the post-Snapchat, pre-Tiktok breakout… every single consumer app company tried to reproduce the Snap magic. At the same time, every investor was benchmarking to the Snap story. This motion we generally describe as “pattern matching”. It allows capital to move without too much critique (up or down the ladder), but it’s come at the cost of a lack... See more
Mimetic Hauntology
Big Data Can be Bad Data (Michael E. Smith): Putting math in it does not make it science if the numbers were made
Sean • Knowing Things Is Hard
So true and so much data is bad data or is cherry picked.
“The language of the rulers” - Ha-Joon Chang
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#politics #philosophy #economics #rulers
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Nick is seeing himself in that story right now in 2008 he's like I got I got Berkshire I got Amazon the key is
to not mess that up he the key is to not interrupt this these honest compounding machines which in itself is a decision a daily decision not to do anything and arguably more difficult than to do something because I think we are naturally
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Is this me today with Lemonade, Hims and Aduro?
I encourage the viewer to slow down, and interact, and don’t worry that we might lose them if the information they think they want isn’t immediately presented. I’ve realised the most successful sites I've made are the ones my children (5+3) enjoy playing with – and believe adults want the same fun interspersed in their day of closing cookie popups... See more
Welcome to New Possibilities
although we are all interested in margin it must never be done at the expense of our philosophy margin must be obtained by
better buying emphasis on selling the right kinds of goods we want to sell operating efficiencies lower Mark markdowns greater turnover increasing the retail prices and justifying on the basis that we are still competitive could
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Sol Price memo from 1967 with Nick Sleep commentary
Research Incumbency Rule: “Once an article is published in some approved venue, it is taken as truth. Criticisms which would absolutely derail a submission in pre-publication review can be brushed aside if they are presented after publication. This is what you call ‘the burden of proof on critics.'”
Sean • Knowing Things Is Hard
# the nightmare bicycle
imo, the most important idea in product design is to avoid the "nightmare bicycle".
imagine a bicycle where the product manager said "people don't get math so we can't have numbered gears - we need to have labeled buttons for gravel mode, downhill mode,... See more