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Try to unburden the interview of too many assumptions you have about the role. I like asking up-front, “So what criteria would you use if you were the one hiring someone for this role?” I love this question because of how unexpected the answers are. Some are tactical when you expect abstraction. Some improve your own criteria. Some use jargon that ... See more

The tyranny of the task is no different than the tyranny of the clock.

Synthesis uses non-traditional methods – videogames – and designs the lessons not for content but for the experience

I personally think that an interesting opportunity is to better transpose online the spontaneity/serendipity of the interactions that people have at the office. Two good examples are Loom which enables workers to create videos with the least friction possible (more spontaneity), and Around which is doing what Loom did, but applied to video conferen... See more

As we build systems whose capabilities more and more resemble those of humans, despite the fact that those systems work in ways that are fundamentally different from the way humans work, it becomes increasingly tempting to anthropomorphise them. Humans have evolved to co-exist over many millions of years, and human culture has evolved over thousand

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Some of these things will help provide people with unparalleled job flexibility, financial liquidity, and global work opportunities. But new layers of financialization and impersonal markets, particularly if not carefully considered by companies and well-versed policy-makers, have the potential to lead to damaging outcomes. As always, technology is... See more

It’s true, in a sense, that the future of work is remote. It’s just that the future of remote work for the most important companies will involve paying through the nose so you can work-from-home in a home conveniently close to the office.

What I found is an underestimated market opportunity, where Spotify has a unique product advantage, the potential to improve every lever of unit economics and can build in a sustainable competitive advantage. Below is my investment case for going long Spotify, even +28% y-o-y.