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There are, very obviously, some things that absolutely are illegitimate tying and bundling. But how do you capture that without capturing everything else? There is a huge grey area between telling Microsoft it can’t force OEMs to bundle Office with Windows and telling Microsoft that it has to make consumers choose their network stack when they turn... See more

It was so hard not to offer anything. I’ve been through enough that I know I shouldn’t try to find a bright side, or explain away the pain, or say “I know how you feel,” but it was extremely uncomfortable to sit with someone my age who was dying, or with the family member of someone who just got very bad news. I was in the position of hel

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Be hyper transparent around transaction status. We expect things today to be instant but the blockchain is one of the only pieces of modern technology that can feel very slow at times. We need to take great care in displaying transaction status. The average user should never have to visit Etherscan/Polygonscan/etc just to see how much time is left ... See more

Light mode is fast and iterative, producing work that’s quick to make but just as quick to fade. It’s the mode of rapid experiments, side quests, and prolific posting. Heavy mode is slower, deliberate, and intentional (often hermit mode). It’s the mode of deep work that builds over time and carries lasting weight.

It’s possible that algorithms will one day be superior to humans at both of these functions, but I’m skeptical: the critical recognition of context and creativity are the two arenas where computers consistently underperform humans.

For instance, let’s take Fornite. With over 250m users and a revenue of $2.4b in 2018, the game just set a benchmark in how to attract, engage and monetize a free to play offering which is built around the needs and habits of a mainly millennial target group. For the banks, those are potential future customers. This is why it is financially importa... See more

The bigger issue, though, is what I have come to think of as note-taking’s camera roll problem: no matter how well they organize themselves, most notes are still doomed to be forgotten. When it came to pictures, Timehop and later Google Photos addressed this problem by making an effort to resurface old photos in a variety of ways: on the anniversar... See more

Wealthfront has stalled out around $21 billion in assets under management (AUM) as it faces stiff competition from well-funded incumbents, and it still loses a lot of money. It charges only 0.25% of every dollar it manages for accounts with over $5,000.