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A subscriber recently asked me how I decide what information to consume.

The first step is to distinguish good info from junk info. Good info is that which changes you, either by making you think or act differently, or by changing the certainty with which you already think or act. Junk info is the opposite; you’re exactly the same after consuming i... See more

As with everything in crypto, early participants are disproportionately rewarded. There will be diminishing returns -- the 100th company to buy a CryptoPunk or Bored Ape will get a fraction of the press and attention that the first does.

When creating a pay-for-performance scheme, the most important design element is the choice of performance metric. A well-chosen performance metric can align the incentives of contributors with the goals of the platform, while a poorly chosen metric can be ineffective at best and encourage destructive behavior at worst.

In this way, Instagram, and not Amazon, is building the closest analog to China’s Tmall with a collection of modern and luxury goods that appeal to younger and more affluent audiences. Facebook is building the anti-Amazon. Mosseri and team have developed a resource that serves as a marketing engine and audience development tool. They’ve taken Veris... See more

While the majority of people now live in cities, very little of our food is produced there.

HBR’s successor may come from the same sector: education. Just as Harvard leveraged its intellectual reputation to build a publisher, modern edtechs focused on business may seek to do the same.