Lillian Sheng

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PART I - GOAL SETTING Y ou should set your goals so that you achieve them 85.13% of the time.
from The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals by every.to
We’re moving, or so it seems, to a world where we’re no longer making anything in this country; we’re merely trading pieces of paper, swapping stocks and bonds back and forth with one another, and paying our financial croupiers a veritable fortune. We’re also adding even more costs by creating ever more complex financial derivatives in which huge a... See more
from "Enough" by John Bogle

DoorDash is building its own network of dark stores (under the DashMart brand). Moreover, DoorDash is collaborating with retailers to help them master this new logistics format. Retailers act as wholesalers providing the products (inc. their private labels) and the delivery to the dark stores while DoorDash operates the dark stores and takes care o

from 🌶 An Update on Grocery Quick Commerce by Alexandre Dewez

Creating a UX where users had to decide on virtually nothing—and the app just learned from their behavior—was TikTok's monster idea in an otherwise crowded boneyard. Everything else about its product and network grew from the powerful way that it connected consumers to creators without explicit follow actions.

from The Boneyard Principle: Why the Next Big Thing Will Emerge From a Failed Idea by Every

Company towns 1880s to 1935 In some situations, company towns developed out of a paternalistic effort to create a utopian worker’s village. Churches, schools, libraries, and other amenities were constructed in order to encourage healthy communities and productive workers. Saloons or other places or services believed to be negative influences w... See more

from Company Towns: 1880s to 1935

In recommendation media, the best content for each consumer wins. This means that consumers are always being recommended and actively served content best suited for them, creating a superior consumption experience at all times.

from The End of Social Media and the Rise of Recommendation Media by Michael Mignano

Every Chinese super-app has a mini-game tucked away in its offering. Gamification features like player status ranking and luck-of-the-draw mechanisms pervades the tech UX.

from Premium special: Gamification of Chinese consumer tech by Lillian Li

On BeReal, you friend people individually, and you lose nothing by missing a day or two of content. For some, the allure could even be the intimacy - that you can’t use it with more than a small group of friends.

from Can BeReal Deliver On Its Promise? by Kushaan Shah

Create Confusion: Fund research showing the harmful ingredients are healthy, or at least not provably harmful.

from The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals by every.to