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We appear to be both obsessive documenters of our experience, yet largely indifferent to or overwhelmed by the archives we create.
L. M. Sacasas • The Analog City and the Digital City
what is Social Media doing to us? and Tools For Thought
From 2016 onward, the sense of the internet as a transparent information organizing agent has been in decline. After the algorithms, you could not have a curated, chronological feed of your follows. After the Cambridge Analytic scandal, fears over disinformation and misinformation dominated discussions of our new communications technologies. After 2020, it was no longer a conspiracy theory that the federal government was involved in online censorship. The Elon Musk’s Twitter Files and Mark Zuckerberg’s public apology for caving to pressure from the FBI have corroborated digital dissidents’ accusations.
“The next _____”
“[existing thing] (eg Uber) for x”
Almost always wrong and uninteresting
Build something that can’t be easily analogized
build something you can't easily put into words
Most of us do not take these situations as teachings. We automatically hate them. We run like crazy. We use all kinds of ways to escape -- all addictions stem from this moment when we meet our edge and we just can't stand it. We feel we have to soften it, pad it with something, and we become addicted to whatever it is that seems to ease the pain
Pema Chodron • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Most writers will add products to their offering. Paid content is a simple way to monetize. But this leaves money on the table.
Dru Riley • Paid Newsletters: Conversion Rates, Newsletter Bundles, Building a Six-Figure Newsletter
Microverse | Learn How To Code Online
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Convenience has the ability to make other options unthinkable. Once you have used a washing machine, laundering clothes by hand seems irrational, even if it might be cheaper. After you have experienced streaming television, waiting to see a show at a prescribed hour seems silly, even a little undignified. To resist convenience — not to ow
... See moreTim Wu • The Tyranny of Convenience
A few weeks ago, one of our portfolio companies completed an investor buyout. The founders now own 100% of their business. Investors got a positive return. All parties I think walked away feeling pretty good about how things transpired 🧵
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