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What we realized with this company in particular is that it’s machine learning, so its main sustenance is data. Unless it has data, it will not work. It can’t exist in a vacuum, it’s not like Instagram where filters work from day one, regardless of the number of users. Our filters this time only work when you have hundreds of thousands of people

Ben Thompson • An Interview with Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger About Artifact

If a supply-sider runs unprofitably for too long, they’ll shut down. But that doesn’t mean the protocol shuts down. The protocol only shuts down when the last supplier goes offline because they, too, were running unprofitably. If no supplier can run profitably it’s likely a poorly designed protocol, or one supplying an unneeded or overly crowded... See more

Chris Burniske • Protocols as Minimally Extractive Coordinators — Placeholder

Every surprising bit of new behavior described here has two common elements: people had the opportunity to behave in a way that rewarded some intrinsic motivation, and those opportunities were enabled by technology but created by human beings. Those bits of new behavior, though, are extensions of, rather than replacements for, much older patterns... See more

Clay Shirky • Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators

Publicly surfacing salaries and operating costs would foster a new level of accountability on the part of restaurant owners, leading to a more stable footing for restaurants and ultimately creating a better working environment for staff.

Friends with Benefits (FWB) • Proof of Steak: Building a Community-Driven Food Industry with Web3

In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart. They are real and sustainable. Their foundations are stronger because they are built with the strength of the human spirit, not an ad campaign. The companies that are lasting are those that are authentic.

Howard Schultz • Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time

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And third, using your “higher faculties” doesn't always leave you better off. As I wrote recently, smart people aren’t happier. That’s partly because people have all sorts of wrong theories about the things that make them happy, so all their smarty-pants scheming is in vain. In fact, sometimes thinking harder actually makes people worse at figuring... See more

Adam Mastroianni • Excuse Me but Why Are You Eating So Many Frogs

According to Paul, over the next decade, as psychedelics become legalized, their use will grow primarily through microdosing, not high-dose experiences

Below the Line • Paul Austin on Microdosing and the Future of Psychedelics

The structure of the network matters a great deal here, because you can’t always solve thorny human problems with simple rules. Each writer and creator, and the community that they lead, in effect gets their own social network on Substack. What you see as a reader is determined by the people you subscribe to and the communities you choose to join.