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But what felt new was the speed and violence with which language now manifests markets. I’d sit in meetings as a single phrase “AI-native vertical SaaS,” “verifiable compute infrastructure,” “narrative-market fit” jumped from one tweet thread to demo days to term sheets to LinkedIn profiles, mutating as it spread. Words weren’t just signals,... See more

The lack of quality data on investors has led to a sales-first-oriented venture environment where investors are overpromising and under-delivering.

It's continually frustrating to see that products targeted at low income populations are clunky and frankly ugly sometimes, as if it just didn't matter how a user feels when they're using your product just because they have less cash.

We all seek a sense of belonging. It's what inspires our desire to seek out groups of like-minded people. Once that fit is established, there's status in being a community leader. The most direct example here is Reddit: the moderator of a particular subreddit holds status to those engaged in the community. Even a contributor that writes a popular... See more

"The first useful concept is the idea of short assignments. Often when you sit down to write, what you have in mind is an autobiographical novel about your childhood, or a play about the immigrant experience, or a history of— oh, say— say women. But this is like trying to scale a glacier."

-Despite China’s crackdown—another proofpoint of how challenging it’s become to do business in the country—the West can learn from Chinese tutoring marketplaces. Edtech in the U.S. and Europe remains solitary—some form of Zoom school and individual assignments. It’s telling that America’s most valuable education startups are MOOCs (massive open... See more