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If you can not distill your idea to a transmissible conversation over dinner, it’s not going to spread

When you're operating on the maker's schedule, meetings are a disaster. A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by breaking it into two pieces each too small to do anything hard in. Plus you have to remember to go to the meeting. That's no problem for someone on the manager's schedule. There's always something coming on the next hour; the only... See more

If you've ever wanted to believe something, ask yourself where that desire comes from. Hint: it's not the desire simply to believe what's true.

What’s surprised me most as Twitter has convulsed in recent weeks is how threadbare the social media cupboard really is. So many are open to trying something new, but as of yet, there’s nothing that feels all that new to try. Everything feels like a take on Twitter. It may be faster or slower, more decentralized or more moderated, bu

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The metaverse is very funny because it’s basically everyone in corporate America being so horny for monetization they forgot to even make the thing they’re trying to monetize first and now they’re just hoping you won’t notice before you throw money at it

However, in aggregate, merchants who opt-in will do better than those who don’t opt-in on their ad spending. In addition, if other merchants opt-in and you don’t opt-in you’re the only one not getting the benefit of the increased marketing efficiency. In this way, opting in will be the optimal decision, especially for small merchants.

More often than not, the greatest innovations bring us back to the way things once were. Before the internet and before the advent of the “firm” during the industrial revolution, the reputation of people and relationships mattered more than anything else. My hope is that the latest technology returns us to our roots and enriches the potential of in... See more