product strategy at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Any AI application can be copied by other teams. The winner gets determined by:
1) whether people know you exist
2) whether people like your vibe
3) whether people trust you with their most sensitive data
These are in increasing order... See more
Capabilities are binary, you can either do it or not. Benefits are the results of new capabilities.
Banned: "longer battery life"
Capability: "all-day battery"
Benefit: "leave your charger at home"
“Technology” and “hi tech” are not synonymous, and a technology that isn't “hi,” isn’t necessarily '“low” in any meaningful sense.
We have been so desensitized by a hundred and fifty years of ceaselessly expanding technical prowess that we think nothing less complex and showy than a computer or a jet bomber deserves to be called “technology” at all.... See more
Neil Postman's questions to ask of a new technology:
What is the problem to which this technology is the solution?
Whose problem is it?
What new problems might result from solving this problem?
Which people and institutions might be harmed by this solution?... See more
Ownership = upside + control
It also equals risk, sleepless nights, opportunity costs, responsibility, working for little to no pay, tolerance for uncertainty.
To share the upside, you have to share the downside too.
Everyone wants to cook but nobody wants to do... See more
From 2002-2006, social media companies emerged with the explicit mission of "connecting the world," but the introduction of the feed and the like, plus the switch from friends to " followers " indicated a different pitch: "now, even you can a star."