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In 2010, many thought making something “social” meant adding comments or likes, or if they were building a social graph meant adding a “follow” button. These were just the building blocks of social networks, they were the result – not the cause of what made social networks fun to be on. The reality was that each decision made in designing a social... See more
Matthew Hartman • i++ Issue #4: The next Zapier or IFTTT will use Game Design
My fear is the restaurants that survive are going to be the big chains, and we’re going to eradicate the very eclectic mix that makes America and going out to eat so vibrant and great. And there is a lot of feeling that even in good times, if chefs can’t make their numbers, they’re going to lose everything, so imagine what they must be feeling now.
New York Times • David Chang Isn’t Sure the Restaurant Industry Will Survive Covid-19 (Published 2020)
You have people walking around with all the knowledge of humanity on their phone, but they have no idea how to integrate it. We don’t train people in thinking or reasoning
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World a book by David Epstein
Someone please create an Ez-Pass but for news paywalls. I don’t want 20 subs. I want to be able to drop off a small toll to read sprinkles of articles all over.
descriptiontwitter.comA perfect balance is wonderful when you can strike it. But periods of imbalance are healthy and necessary, too. They demonstrate to children that the burdens and sacrifices of caregiving should not be a mother’s to bear alone, and help them understand why mothers can’t always lavish them with undivided attention.
Lara Bazelon • The End of Mom Guilt
Zoom’s simplicity is a strength when it comes to the company’s ability to grow its network. When the product concept and value is simple to describe, it makes them easier to spread from user to user, much like the “meme” coined by noted biologist Richard Dawkins in one of my favorite books, The Selfish Gene. You can copy and paste a Zoom link—it’s... See more
Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen
All in all, real positional scarcity businesses take time to develop, especially loyalty businesses that are difficult to get off the ground before a retail or consumption environment is fully understood. But I’ll leave with this thought: as the mobile internet, e-commerce, and the transformation of retail continues onward, I think there’s an... See more
Alex Danco • Positional Scarcity
As J. Jennifer Matthews puts it, in her book Radically Condensed Instructions for Being Just as You Are, “we cannot get anything out of life. There is no outside where we could take this thing to. There is no little pocket situated outside of life” to which you could take “life’s provisions and squirrel them away.” Spending your days trying to get... See more
- The biggest thing holding people back from improving their writing is having a sound note-taking system (a sound note-taking system makes writing about your ideas much easier)