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By the time you get around to embracing the fashion of the moment, it’s almost certainly too late.
The leading edge is defined by the fact that most of us aren’t on it.
We used to think that the earth is flat. Galileo was convicted of heresy for teaching that the earth isn’t the center of the universe and that it revolves around the sun. We used to ridicule scientists claiming that invisible germs could harm us (until we could see them through advanced microscopes). The list could go on and on. It’s easy in
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In just under one generation, we moved from appreciating albums as cohesive works to consuming individual tracks, and then to music becoming reduced to muzak: background noise for gaming, viral videos, or endless scrolling. Disappearing is music as an art in its own right, which commands sustained attention and deep engagement. A song’s success is... See more
Default Friend • No, Culture is Not Stuck
anything that can be automated, will be
anything that can’t, becomes priceless
I don’t need more things to look at from people I don’t know.
Nick Catucci • My Internet: Alison Roman
‘Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times.’
The New World: Joshua Kushner, Thrive Capital, and the American dream
THIS chart is the CLEAREST signal of where the internet is heading. Brainrot is OUT. social media time is SHRINKING for the first time in HISTORY, and young people are...
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Y Combinator JUST announced what startups they want to fund next in 2025. And it's mostly AI that replaces $100k/year job functions.
My notes below in case it's helpful to you: https://t.co/5I6fxzZiSv