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Prince Harry’s “Spare” was ghostwritten by J.R. Moehringer, who is the world’s best-paid ghostwriter. He reportedly got paid $1m for “Spare” and also ghost-wrote two other bangers: Andre Agassi’s “Open” and Phil Knight’s “Show Dog”.

I find myself all the time without a great piece of content to consume. And the demand-supply thing just hasn't reached an equilibrium yet, maybe it never will. And audio is unique in the sense that it is at least 10 times easier to create an unbelievable hour of audio for me, and my format's interview, interviewing someone great like David. That... See more

The most powerful and interesting media model will remain raising money from members who don’t just permit but insist that the product be given away for free.

 Analyze the distribution and logistics of your product.

The flip side of that trade, of course, is algorithms. In giving up the act of organizing, we’ve ceded much of our control to whatever the machine thinks would be best for us. Alexandra Samuel had a good piece on tagging for JSTOR Daily in 2019. It included this bit on what could have been with tagging:

When we fret about the perils of an

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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.

The “real world” version of an NFT might be something like the deed to my house (verifiably scarce), if I could prove ownership to my insurance company by signing a transaction in a wallet that holds the receipt of my deed (digital representation of property). I could grant access to the house for Airbnb guests with the NFT (programmable), or I... See more

In the mobile revolution, much of the value of mobile was captured by incumbents. For example, while many startups tried to build “mobile CRM”, the winners were existing CRM companies who added a mobile app. Salesforce was not displaced by mobile, it added a mobile app. Similarly, Gmail, Microsoft Office etc were not displaced by mobile, they added... See more

As with anything, there are some downsides to value-based care. First, because the financial risk is shifting from the insurer to the provider, the provider needs to be compensated for taking on that risk, meaning they might need to charge higher rates overall. Risk-bearing is a core strength for insurance companies; they’re good at measuring risk... See more