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In an effort to transition from niche brand to broad brand, The Athletic has encountered enough resistance to reduce its price by nearly 90%. There is an argument to be made that there is no “ownership” of a market as fragmented as today’s.

The only reason why political and legal systems work is that a lot of hard thinking and work has gone on behind the scenes to insulate the decision-makers from extrinsic incentives, and punish them explicitly if they are discovered to be accepting incentives from the outside. The lack of extrinsic motivation allows the intrinsic motivation to shine... See more

Although the attractiveness of these products to consumers is clear, direct-to-consumer products bypass the typical filters and safeguards of health-care systems. The risk is that low value, or even harmful, products will inundate the commercial health-care market. There are cautionary instances of high-profile direct-to-consumer companies, such as... See more

Robinhood has also dipped their toes into the subscription business with their Robinhood “Gold” offering. The main selling point of Robinhood Gold is the ability to invest on margin. In addition to that they provide access to “professional research”, Level II market data, instant transfers “up to your portfolio value” for $5.00/month. This does not... See more

today we launched 🪴Boosts v2🌴 in Arc. a collection of simple tools that let you edit the internet and make it your own (mostly without code!) a thread of my favorite artifacts from this project: early prototypes, fun design details, and deleted scenes 🧵:

Coin voting governance empowers coin holders and coin holder interests at the expense of other parts of the community