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When the pandemic began, we bought 16% of our things online. Now, we buy nearly 34% of our things online. That’s the kind of hockey stick growth investors like to see, and the ecommerce infrastructure companies’ valuations are skyrocketing accordingly.

For Clear, an identity verification company that serves airline passengers, the slowdown seemed like an existential threat. Clear’s 5 million members pay for an annual subscription that lets them travel through security lines faster at more than 60 airports and sports arenas around the U.S.

Real social media has not been tried. Social media creates tremendous network-building opportunities that hardly anybody realizes, and hardly anybody is doing anything about. People’s intuitions are still calibrated for old media. (why I tweet like a maniac, thread)

We must assume the same is true of our own work: that we must take the time to stockpile enough our own energy in the work so it may be worthy of the energies of others. But the energy in the work won’t just consist of the time we spent actually making it, it will also consist of all the time we spent leading up to the work… all the days we thought... See more

If you are an individual with niche interests, hobbies or lifestyle, you may often feel isolated from other people. However, there is another pattern I had noticed - many people who are deeply individualised also hide that, and in that not giving a chance or opportunity someone who might hare their passions to reach out. Instead of seeing it as a... See more