Stuff we're thinking about

Searching the internet should feel like navigating a grand library of knowledge, where you could weave insights across cultures, industries, and millenia.

Of course it doesn’t feel that way. Today, searching the internet feels more like navigating a landfill.

The point of these lines is clear. In the old days, craftsmen did not cut corners. They worked carefully, and they took care with every aspect of their work. Every part of the product was considered, and each was designed and made to be exactly as it should be. These craftsmen did not relax their thoughtful self-discipline even with respect to... See more

The history of progress is the continued commoditization of once-scarce things.

Commoditization is the mechanism of compounding . It’s only by turning previously rare and unwieldy things into building blocks that we can build bigger and bigger things.

Its biggest beneficiaries are those who recognize what’s becoming commoditized and what will become... See more