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Recommendations kills Favorites: AI-driven recommendations transcend our historical go-to’s. Rather than compulsively saving playlists that i discover and love on Spotify, I’ve surrendered myself to the algorithms. It was really the radio feature plus the new “enhance” feature that did it. I now trust that any song I like leads to a playlist I will... See more

Economic benefit: Finally, platforms provide economic benefits to developers and help them build, monetize or enhance their businesses on top of the platform. These benefits can be either direct (earning revenue from the platform) or indirect (improving engagement or retention via the platform).

Cards Against Humanity Asked People to Give It $5 on Black Friday for Nothing in Return. The Stunt Worked.

Don’t worry, I won’t tell you to abandon your goals and detach yourself from desire. I’m just observing that even if you achieved your goals, you’d need to make a huge number of decisions to convert them into a “life” and then (hopefully) happiness. And people don’t seem to think much about those decisions.

he limits of writing push us toward greater clarity of expression, and, consequently, greater clarity of thought. Of course, this isn't a necessary outcome, lots of writing can be just as jumbled as our thinking. But in my own head I can convince myself that I know more or less what I mean and I'm not forced to put my thoughts in an order and form... See more

Now that we can start to measure the value that each node adds to a network, those nodes will begin to demand greater compensation for bonding to it. The concept of each node getting compensated for its worth to the network will eventually be built into every piece of software that is engaged in building a network effect.

voice interfaces stand to reshape commerce in much the same way that the internet did 30 years ago. Existing supply chains, marketing strategies, and brand systems are optimized for the screen-based way that we currently interact with the web. Companies that are not thinking ahead to the next platform shift will inevitably fall behind.