If we let everyone decide for themselves how they were best fit to benefit humanity, with no restrictions at all, how could they possibly end up with a distribution of labor more inefficient than the one we already have? This is a powerful argument for human freedom.

Authors, of course, want both: they want new audiences from the aggregators, but they also want to capture their own audiences to re-engage them. So they will attempt to find ways to create a direct link with their customers.

It can focus on the audience, not the contestant

Healthcare + Life SciencesCan we longitudinally study humans so we can predict when they will fall ill?Can we catch people at risk for chronic diseases (COPD, CVD, Diabetes, HF, mental health, neurological disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer) before they are at risk?Can we improve the outcomes for people that suffer from chronic non-communicabl... See more

“Everyone only has 24 hours in a day. The mission of developers shouldn’t be to make users spend all their time on their phones aside from when they eat and sleep. We are more concerned with when our users communicate, post a picture, read an article, make a payment, or find a Mini Program, that they can do it as quickly and efficiently as possible... See more

I think the first point of treating competitors with an ordinary mind is to see competition as the norm. Don't try to escape the competition, it's a good thing. I don't even think that competition should be ended by doing M&A.  We see a lot of companies that eliminate their rivals through M&A becoming complacent and end up sl

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Consuming information is not the same as acquiring knowledge. No idea could be further from the truth.

While modern newsletters like The Hustle and theSkimm built their audiences with daily curation and expanded their content offering from there, The Economist offers a playbook legacy publishers can leverage to retain subscribers by building their own curation muscle.

New startups in the beverage industry are largely being started by women who are disenchanted with big alcohol and recognize the overlooked opportunity to serve female drinkers with better no-low alcohol options.