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Value capture occurs when an agent’s values are rich and subtle; they enter a social environment that presents simplified — typically quantified — versions of those val-ues; and those simplified articulations come to dominate their practical reasoning. Examples include becoming motivated by FitBit’s step counts, Twitter Likes and Re-tweets, citatio... See more
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Frameworks v0.2
FRAMEWORKS v0.2 Many of the thoughts in this document draw on and synthesize concepts from economics, math, physics, chemistry, biology, and psychology. Here are a handful of core concepts that are often relied on as inputs: Activation energy Behavioral economics Cognitive biases Darwinism En...
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One argument is that pre-internet, journalists had a more reliable source of revenue, enabling them to do more investigative work, and the business model shift to online advertising meant they'd now have to produce popular pieces more frequently.
Erik Torenberg • How the Internet Ate Media
Crypto companies that launch a token maintain two capitalization tables: equity and token cap tables. They are distinct but related.
Tomasz Tunguz • The Two Cap Tables of Crypto Companies: What They Are and How They Relate to Each Other by @ttunguz
Our theory was that people don’t exercise consistently because modern life is inherently disruptive and busy. Our mass-market solutions (fitness apps, classes, gyms) require more activation energy and self-discipline than is reasonable.
Mario Gabriele • The Prologue | Rishi Mandal on Building the Future 🏃🏽♀️
We often see turnover in content brands that’s caused when new brands discover something important that younger audiences want, but is incompatible with the values of the incumbent brand. The incumbents can’t copy the startups’ content, or they’d make the product worse for their existing customers.
Nathan Baschez • Why Content Is King
self-promotion is important:
In the months leading up to pub day, I sent approximately 8,613 emails out to friends, professional contacts, people I talked to once in a buffet line at a writing workshop 3 years ago, people who follow me on Twitter, and people who have never heard of me or my little book, offering them galleys and (in some cases!) dir
... See moreLastly, I realize that not every company is a technology company. Centralization is necessary for some hardline and service industries, and that won’t change because of better remote work tooling. However, the technology industry is subsuming many legacy industries (e.g. big box retail, movie theaters, financial services).