“Every single day I spend my days talking to people that I think are at the fringes of distributions. Outliers in intelligence and interest and performance. Extreme people. And it's a compulsion more than it's a commitment. I cannot help myself. I do it every Saturday morning, nonstop, or every day, I'm just doing it. It's what I like to do.”
When a user decides to take out a cash advance on Earnin, they select an amount to borrow and then see a prompt with a range of amounts they might choose to tip. Each suggested tip amount is contextualized in terms of how many other users it would help by covering the transaction cost of their respective loans. This makes the motivation for tipping... See more
The economy is interconnected. There are a lot of reasons newspapers have died off. Some were out of their control. I imagine a future where there are plenty of local publications that serve their communities with smart reporting, structured data sets around important issues and great ad products for marketers.
look at the sandwich you’re eating. you didn’t grow the lettuce or the wheat or the tomatoes, or crush the wheat into flour or cut the lettuce or tomatoes. you didn’t bring all the ingredients to the restaurant, and you didn’t cook any of them yourself. you didn’t design or construct the building or the cooking equipment. other people had to do all... See more