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- I’m not addicted to my phone. I’m addicted to talking to people and exploring all the world’s information and ideas.
Business Models and
- Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create. Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.
Quality software deserves your hard‑earned cash Quality software from independent makers is like quality food from the farmer’s market. A jar of handmade organic jam is not the same as mass-produced corn syrup-laden jam from the supermarket. Industrial fruit jam is filled with cheap ingredients and shelf stabilizers. Industrial software is filled... See more- One of the biggest reasons it gets harder to do new things as you get older is that new things are generally undignified at first (indeed, this is an excellent heuristic for discovering them) and the older you get, the more dignified you're expected to be.
- My philosophy re startup speed has completely changed over the last few years. I grew up at Uber, professionally, which held speed as the absolute, ultimate goal. Now, I still value speed, but hold quality as the binding constraint.
provocations and
agree w/this point. speed gets less important the more competitive your market is. when the market is already full of crap you really need to rise above the rest being too intellectual is a terrible danger. it takes you further from your basic truth. “don’t think - feel”
- # on shortification of "learning" There are a lot of videos on YouTube/TikTok etc. that give the appearance of education, but if you look closely they are really just entertainment. This is very convenient for everyone involved : the people watching enjoy thinking they are learning (but actually they are just having fun). The people creating this ... See more
information diet management and sparks
the truth. “There are a lot of videos on YouTube/TikTok etc. that give the appearance of education… This content is an epsilon away from watching the Bachelorette. It's like snacking on those ‘Garden Veggie Straws’, which feel like you're eating healthy until you look at the ingredients.”
