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There has been lots of talk about the current battle between “old” media platforms like The New York Times and upstart newsletters on Substack, and I believe tokenization could emerge as a key differentiator for forward-thinking media companies. Especially for new companies and products, allowing early subscribers to benefit from future upside can ... See more
Joey DeBruin • Why the New York Times Should be Tokenized
As I noted in my post on metrics, “Building systems using bad metrics doesn’t stop their self-optimization, they just optimize towards something you didn’t want.” Underspecified goals interact with this process in an interesting way.
David Manheim • Overpowered Metrics Eat Underspecified Goals
Main Street businesses need to form online networks that enable them to compete with Amazon on price, convenience, and brand. E-commerce platforms Shopify, Lightspeed, Woocommerce, and Square, could enable this collaboration. For example: when one local retailer doesn't have a product in-stock, why don't they suggest another local shop that does? T... See more
Justin Jackson • Main Street fights back
Nonetheless, for the majority of creators, the Long Tail has underdelivered financially. “The way [Anderson] wrote about it caused people to think that individual content creators will suddenly make more money than they used to,” Edery says, “and I just don’t know that that’s true.”
Marina Krakovsky • What Everyone Got Wrong About ‘the Long Tail’
Morality is necessary for self-respect. Self-respect is necessary for happiness. Therefore, morality is necessary for happiness
Rob Henderson • For Happiness, Moral Character is More Important Than Intelligence or Money
They see writing not merely as a bureaucratic necessity, but as a creative act with the power to accelerate change through persuasion. To fully harness writing's multiplier effect on their potential, they carve out space for empowering expression that goes beyond mandated reports.
Karina Nguyen • Cultures of writing.
the quality of an organization's output depends on the degree to which it treats writing as an act to give ideas the space to grow and resonate
Yes, you likely know there’s now more student loan than credit card debt. But did you know the price of a textbook has exploded 812% in the last 30 years (not worth it)?