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Jordan Hall • What is the problem with social media?
In the value-based scenario, scale is not nearly as important as in fee for service. While it still helps in some ways (e.g. for investing in tech platforms), it’s no longer the primary basis of competition. So in shifting to a value-based arrangement, much of the incumbents’ advantage is reduced.
Steve Hardgrove • The Disruptors, Part 1: DTC Insurance
Telehealth, in particular, can lower costs and broaden access to care. In the last decade, companies like Livongo (chronic disease management) and PillPack (an online pharmacy) emerged to help seniors better access healthcare.
Rex Woodbury • Building for the Barbells
It is perhaps an interesting coincidence that the wiki page where new users are encouraged to experiment and "play" safely is called the Sandbox.... "sidewalks work because they permit local interactions to create global order... the information networks of sidewalk life are fine-grained enough to permit higher-level learning to emerge"
Andrew Lih • The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia
“The curve seems to be imprinted on us as a way to repurpose us for a changing role in society as we age, a role that is less about ambition and competition, and more about connection and compassion.”
Jonathan Rauch • The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50
Fantastic advice, for software builders:
Headline driven development
Here is a simple process for shipping software projects that works. First, decompose the project into a stream1 of headlines. Then pick an aggressive date to ship the first headline and work like hell to meet that date. Have everyone work only on one headline at a time– the upcomi
... See moreYou should also try to add proprietary value of your own, lest either your suppliers or your customers encroach and disintermediate you. A sufficiently large transformation of your source data is tantamount to creating a new data product of your own.
Abraham Thomas • The Economics of Data Businesses
There’s tons of room for creativity in how we improve distribution: