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Your brain works hierarchically but also through associations. Another way to say this is that new ideas can emerge from a top down hierarchical structure but also bottom up by mixing pre-existing ideas within your notes. Roam is able to capture both phenomena when other tools are only able to capture the hierarchal top down approach.

As a result, non-price driven Amazon purchase journeys initially start on other sites which help users figure out what the best product for them is (through curation and reviews). This is similar to the Shopify model, which relies on discovery channels such as Instagram and Pinterest to drive users to its stores.

“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”

Participating in trends to maintain relevance is important, but “not selling” is just as crucial as you create direct content for your products/services. Be authentic, add value to users through education or humor, and be creative.

Interface design for creative, thinking work is particularly important for software, which is a medium that has few true constraints. The medium of canvas or photography constrains output to two dimensions of shape and color. Recorded audio is a stream of sounds, writing is a stream of words. But software itself? It can take any perceptual form we ... See more

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 se... See more

Journals today act as coordination + reputation, but they charge an insane amount to do so. Maybe DAOs can do it better, especially since the main things that people involved in peer-review want more of is recognition, grants, transparency, and interoperable peer review contributions.