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In the eighteenth century a number of writers articulated fantasies of destroying useless books to stem the never-ending accumulation…One critic has identified the articulation of the sublime as another kind of response to overabundance; Kant and Wordsworth are among the authors who described an experience of temporary mental blockage due to “shee... See more
Ann Blair • Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age
First, I believe VR will be a major computing platform, as or more significant than the phone and PC were. Facebook should sell about 10 million Oculus Quests this year. The headset will continue to get smaller, lighter, higher res, more powerful, and with many more and better apps. This will drive exponential growth the same way it did with PCs an... See more
Chris Dixon • Words With Web 3’s King: An Interview With Chris Dixon
Here’s one example of how private traffic might work: Let’s say you go to a store to buy a barbecue set. The sales rep might make a recommendation for a specific grill and say, “Hey, after you purchase this, why don’t you add me as a contact? You can message me if you have any questions about installation, or any aspect of using your grill. If I co... See more
Connie Chan • Why China’s Version of Email Marketing Is So Effective
On Quality: An Inquiry into Excellence: Selected and Unpublished Writings
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haven't read yet but was recommended on a podcast - excerpts from the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance on quality and related concepts. will edit this note with takeaways once i've read.
Changes in retail are often a result of larger societal changes. Fashion insiders also have a responsibility to mitigate a growing problem. But until those larger changes occur, circular fashion (and sustainability as a whole) is just window dressing. As organic fabrics begin to adopt many of the technical capabilities of their new-aged counterpart... See more
PM • No. 348: An Open Letter On Sustainability
When I talk to people who have been building software since the 90s their biggest surprise about the B2B software market is just how big it has become. This is the difference in the Netscape versus Notion story. The internet was so much smaller in the 90s that there was just only so much room to run. Notion will not face that problem. In my opinion... See more
Evan Armstrong • How Do You Compete with Free? Notion: the embattled artist
On the Internet, your rate of learning is limited not by access to information, but by your ability to ignore distractions. The people you follow online is a leading indicator of your success, your health, and your happiness.
David Perell • The Paradox of Abundance - David Perell
Over time we’re going to see that NFTs are less about speculation than quests for belonging. Just as social networks are about quests for belonging. And great brands are about quests for belonging.
Application layer outputs evolve but underlying motivations are wildly simple.
In the coming months, I will be exploring strategies and stories that could help create a new option for startups: Exit to community. In E2C, the company would transition from investor ownership to ownership by the people who rely on it most. Those people might be users, workers, customers, participant organizations, or a combination of such stakeh... See more