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-Write down a shortlist of problems that seem exciting-Leave 1-3 most exciting and tractable problems via pairwise comparison of problems from the shortlist (like how tournaments decide on which team is the most “exciting”)-Start learning everything you need to start working on the problem viaMOOCs-email professors at your local university asking... See more

So this new graph isn’t about who you ‘friend’ or follow, but who you attribute, who you support, and who inspires and supports you. Not as social gestures, but inscribed in smart contracts that deliver economic benefits. Not as traffic driven, but as credit given.

Firms (and its many incarnations, like agencies, salons, etc) are a relic of a time when skilled professionals didn’t have easy-to-use tools to handle operations, manage clients, and grow their businesses. There were no social graphs or systems to track reputation. For the first time ever, a truly independent career is possible, which calls the... See more

The only way to significantly reduce housing development costs is to radically standardize development and harness all the economies of scale by sharing costs between multiple projects as well as leveraging industrialization and prefabrication, the same way it’s done in manufacturing.

Understand the economics of any internet industry better than anyone in the world and suggest where budding entrepreneurs might build.

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