Emilie Kormienko

I don’t know which corners of the internet I’ll be drawn to next. But I know The Pattern will be there waiting for me. And it fills me with dread. Can you also feel it? That nagging sense that there’s a cancer spreading through the internet? That sense that humanity’s greatest invention has been captured by mediocrity and bad incentives and... See more

Lastly, as you execute on your strategy, in the back of your mind, always be thinking about how you can refine and strengthen the strategy. What would make it better, stronger, and clearer? A good strategy is never static. 

As crypto becomes mainstream, regulation is coming. A united industry that has thought deeply about coordination and scaling issues, and has developed sophisticated institutions that can engage with existing structures will be invaluable. Institutions could support growth, innovation and help to bring crypto mainstream in a way that retains the... See more

An activation metric is a measure of how many actions a user takes to receive value out of a product. Essentially, it is what a user has to do before they get value from the product.

EZRA KLEIN: One thing I like about analytics is that outside of the context of simply argue about the flaws of analytics, not having them allows you to bullshit yourself a lot. Allows you to bullshit yourself about whether or not people are reading you, what you’re really doing here, are you serving an audience. But then having them allows you to... See more

If people are spending billions of dollars per year to look different in a game where you mostly shoot each other, how much will they spend to look different in a game where you also get to show off how healthy of a person you’re being?

Many successful organizations pride themselves on moving quickly to tackle problems. But over time, they start to feel way, way slower. Accomplishing previously simple things feels like it takes forever...This happens in every successful organization over time.