nico λ

I feel that it's even simpler: The company is the product.

When we have that mindset, we absolutely don't care about the thing that we call "our product." It's just food for the actual product, where we want to fatten it up, and sell it to the biggest slaughterhouse.

That starts almost immediately. You can't even get an A round, without an "exit plan... See more

When I talk about taste in business, I mean the ability to consistently make decisions that demonstrate respect for your audience, show deep empathy for their needs, and deliver aesthetically-pleasing experiences that drive positive business outcomes.

Just think about how much effort you have to put into maintaining the facade of being an Expert — how much effort it takes to always appear as “the one who knows”… and compare that to the freedom and flow and playfulness that can open up when you really allow yourself to sink into not knowing, when you no longer care if you make mistakes or if you ... See more

I don't want to manage knowledge. I want to live it.

Almost every time I meet somebody who I'd consider to be a genius, I discover that they have some debilitating inhibition like severe insomnia, addiction, mania, or paranoia. Nature trades in fine balances. Rare is the one who gets the gift but not the curse.

And Appelbaum does not pause to contemplate a pressing question. Should America import a permanent servant underclass, economically crush the majority of working citizens, and allow communist satellite states to make luxury shoes with the equivalent of slave labor so that the asset-owning class can go on ever nicer cruises? Whether Appelbaum likes ... See more