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The most important advantage of writing is that it helps us confront ourselves when we do not understand something as well as we would like to believe.

For as much video as we see on YouTube, as many photos as we browse on Instagram, there is just as much time, attention and energy spent every day on exploring and referencing these deep databases. They don't have fancy filters or complex recommendation algorithms, but they meet a variety of deep human needs around creation and expression and... See more

Nevertheless, the aura of the close-knit ACG community continues to permeate the platform, with more thoughtful and less offensive commentary than other open social communities. The quality of the community is in no small part thanks to the 100 question test users must pass to gain commentary privileges, which covers various interest-topics and... See more

Cities of the industrial age looked mechanical, cities of the information age can look like fractal networks — like nature.

At Stanford’s dy/dx program, founder Tony Xu was asked about the qualities he interviews for at DoorDash. One of the five traits is holding and making sense of opposing ideas. As F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to... See more

3. Alternative animal products will continue to take market share from the meat and dairy industries.

Zoom, actually, I think used the original internet concept of reducing friction. Go back three years before Zoom, remember how painful it was to download an app like BlueJeans or Skype. It was so painful. Even today when people send me a BlueJeans link, I'm like, "Please guys, let's not do this. Please go to Zoom." You want one click, start talking... See more

Whenever a prediction is made about people, it is an attempt to deny they are creative and can do the unexpected. Sure, you might ask your friend where they would like to have coffee and they respond just as they always do. “You’re so predictable” you might say. Of course that’s not a prediction. You share a culture - a history - a set of memes... See more