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If I were speculating on a centralized system, I’d be wary of them a) changing the rules, and b) having some kind of top-down change that prevented me from accessing my account, or whatever it is.

I personally believe when it comes to any creative asset or work automation, the demand is elastic. The more that we make, the more people consume. We’re very much looking forward to a massive expansion in productivity, a lot of new jobs, a lot of new things, just like we saw with the microchip and the internet.

—Martin Casado, a16z

3. Simple, easily navigable value creation.

So when anyone frames Nintendo to be “the next X” or “will one day be like Y” it completely misses the point. Connecting to the company’s core values, Nintendo is flexible in its approach and sincere in its intentions, but it will never compromise on being its unique self. And if the company’s central mission is to put smiles on the faces of everyo... See more

Unlike Coda and Almanac, Notion currently doesn't have a way to search for community content on the website, but the company is developing a new home for it, a spokesperson said.

There is a big opportunity for entrepreneurs to create better discovery tools and platforms for live content. Specifically, we see an opportunity for the ‘TV Guide of live’ — a resource that would index live streams across all platforms and rank according to popularity by genre or category of content. Similar to Netflix, the algorithm would learn c... See more

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.

We saw the labor market in general, but specifically, the freelancing market, which is even to this day very old-fashioned. It’s based on word-of-mouth recommendations from friends. You meet the freelancer at Starbucks. It’s like a date, right? It takes a lot of time and then you need to start negotiating a deal, figuring out if you want to work to... See more