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Instead, they will be faced with the challenge of finding meaningful work in a world set up to exploit their labor. They’ll need all the help we can give them.

Tips for being a better strategist:

• ONLY ONE FRAMEWORK AT A TIME.


• STOP TRYING TO PROVE YOUR WORTH


• OPEN WITH THE DECISION, THEN BACK IT UP.


• DON’T BE PRECIOUS, BE USEFUL.

Oh! Of course! Impermanence! I always forget. The Buddhist writer Jack Kornfield wrote of his teacher holding up a teacup, saying: “To me this cup is already broken. Because I know its fate, I can enjoy it fully here and now. And when it’s gone, it’s gone.” The cup is already broken. The phone and wallet are already lost. We have everything we need... See more

Budget culture steps into this environment, defines a “right” set of goals, creates a set of rules, and tells you you can reach those goals if you follow those rules. Just like the promises of fad diets, the latest relationship advice, or the one bad company you can avoid to stop from destroying the planet, there’s an enormous appeal to finding the... See more

Among digital natives, everything is social. We see a steady march toward more social products. Examples from the Daybreak portfolio, across a range of sectors:

• Investing: AfterHour, which offers a social hub for trading and financial learning


• Dating: Amori, which takes single-player dating and makes it collaborative and social with LLM-powered ma

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Scanlon is immensely talented and onto something important. I wish she had devoted multiple chapters exclusively to vibes. Her editor should have given her the confidence to go for it and write the definitive book on the vibes-based economy. Don’t bother with the explainers or Taylor Swift, just go straight into why emotions deserve to be a field o... See more

But when ease becomes the default measure of value—when “fast” and “frictionless” are always better, we lose something critical: the slow, inconvenient texture of real life and real relationships.

Joel has said that the song reminds listeners that “you don’t have to squeeze your whole life into your 20s and 30s trying to make it, trying to achieve that American dream, getting in the rat race and killing yourself. You have a whole life to live.”

The refrain of “slow down, you’re doing fine” soothes a specific kind of Gen Z malaise, reminding k... See more