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Large customers and partners are an issue for Stripe right now because they have more negotiating power. By one estimate, even before the pandemic, Stripe was generating $350 million in revenue from Shopify alone. That gives Shopify a lot of power over Stripe. If Shopify leaves, that’s a material hit to Stripe’s revenue.

One thing that complicates people’s willingness to devote their energy to vibrancy is context collapse, a term that Alice Marwick and I coined long ago. When a social media site grows slow and steady, it starts out for each user as a coherent context. Things get dicy over time as people struggle to figure out how to navigate divergent networks. But... See more

The self is not something you can set out looking for; it reveals itself gradually through the choices you make.

We must cease to concern ourselves with our unique suffering – whether we are happy or sad, fortunate or unfortunate, good or bad – and give up our neurotic and debilitating journeys of self-discovery. Art of true value requires, like a

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New games and virtual worlds are building new digital economies. But what we don't talk about enough is just how complex and nuanced these economies are. Take Star Atlas, a game built on Solana. Here's how its digital economy works 👇

Good interview questions:Collaboration: Tell me about a time you disagreed with an engineer on your team and how you resolved it.Execution: Pick a project you’re proud of that took 3-9 months. Walk me through it from beginning to end. I’ll ask questions along the way. [Give this ~7-10 minutes]Strategy: Pick a product you worked on in the past... See more

Why now? If you're a founder, you've heard his question from investors again and again. But how essential is it to have a strong "why now", and why does it even matter? After studying the why now's of dozens of companies, here's what I've learned 🧵👇

Across a huge range of reading habits and preferences, this the one thing that unites millions of Goodreads users: that Goodreads sucks, and is just shy of unbearable.