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It’s a familiar problem for sports fans: game day is here, and there are a few matches on the schedule. But switching between channels and streaming platforms, key moments keep getting missed. With more than a dozen platforms streaming live sports, staying on top of how, when, and where to watch the most anticipated matchups can be a challenge.

The construction industry overcomes this by relying on a set of shared standards, assumptions, and norms that exists outside of any one firm, and act as a sort of ambient coordination between firms with otherwise weak relationships.

There are two big challenges when it comes to winning search:

Platform workers often face substantial lock-in, driven by network effects and lack of data portability. Platforms intermediate transactions, and as a result, they gather market data and often control customer relationships. This type of capital cannot be easily ported over to other platforms or worker-owned properties, which means that platform la... See more

I think today the variance of weirdness is increasing. Conformists can conform like never before, due say to social media and the Girardian desire to mimic others. But unusual people can connect with other unusual people, and make each other much weirder and more "niche." For instance, every possible variant of political views seems to be "out ther... See more