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

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

The metaverse is still in its early stages. There are only a handful of fully developed games and worlds for people to engage with, most of them being blockchain based. Web 3.0 serves as the umbrella term for all the numerous metaverse worlds.

If you are able to fund your research independently, and you’re willing to build your own support network, I think independent research is at least worth considering for those who might otherwise have done a PhD. If you’re thinking about this route, here are some of the building blocks that I found important to include.

Getting onboarding right means knowing precisely what people want to accomplish and then putting all your energy into getting them there in the most effective way. 

The coordination headwind is inexorable. It increases super-linearly as: 1. Uncertainty increases; 2. Projects teams get larger and more spread out; 3. A more bottoms up culture.

When we know, deep in our bones, that we are enough exactly as we are, and that we’ll be okay no matter what the world throws at us, we lay the strongest foundation possible for the journey ahead.