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it’s always “what’s the ARR?” and never “how ARR you doing?”

if there’s some odd way that you particularly enjoy doing things, then you should probably prioritize that over any system that anybody else advises you to do.

I think of writing a lot like walking. It’s rarely the most popular, the most effective, or the most efficient way of getting to your destination. I don’t always want to do it, and it’s not always technically enjoyable; sometimes it’s boring or slow, sometimes it’s tiring and pointless, sometimes it’s cold or wet or windy and I’m retracing the same... See more

They promise a technological revolution and say AI will do tons of different jobs and help us make tons of progress — but one role they never talk about automating away is “CEO.” The same goes for “venture capitalist,” because as egg-headed tech oligarch Marc Andreessen said, it involves a lot of “psychological analysis” unlike professions such as ... See more

Something sinister happened over the past algorithmically driven decade: brands took a sharp turn toward efficiency and benefits mindshare, often focusing on a laundry list of functional and emotional whoop-de-doos.

It’s this paint-inside-the-lines mentality that stokes irrelevancy and meaninglessness. And the whole point of a brand is to create an ... See more