Lillian Sheng

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 were... See more

The focus is for firms to get things done quickly, and the attitude is whatever that takes. Communication takes place over the fragmented synchronous WeChat more than email or work messaging platforms like DingTalk or Feishu. Calendar invites are getting wider adoption, meeting agenda-less so. 

Example: RSS (Really Simple Syndication)SS has long been the backbone of podcasts, providing a powerful distribution mechanism that enables creators to publish their audio from a single endpoint and immediately syndicate their content to any consumption platform that wants to ingest it.

CHALLENGE OF DECENTRALIZING CREATIVITY

In many societies, one’s professional fate is decided by the tribe, the family. However, one is increasingly thrown back into ‘How can I develop my own voice and niche from where I can operate’? Is there something like an individual signature? Perhaps not, but I do believe in skills, in small steps, working on various projects at the same time with... See more

getting nft/virtual plots/something that doesn't have permanent or expiring value is an interesting twist to traditional gifting.

When Jesse evaluates investments for their ability to be dominant he actually inverts the question: he spends a lot of time assessing factors that could prevent a company from becoming dominant — what he calls “dominance friction.” And dominance friction comes from a pretty surprising place: any time a company’s interests are misaligned with its... See more

For one, it’s one of the few social networks devoid of any advertising apparatus. In her newsletter piece about BeReal, Rachel Karten explores the question of branding within BeReal with the core question: do people even want brands on the app in the first place?

Why it works: The Psychology behind waitlists: