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If we're really using Roam to regulate the emotional experience of not knowing where to put a note, then that suggests a lot of product changes Roam could make to perform better at that job.
every.to • The Fall of Roam
The strong version of Goodhart's law underlies most of my personal fears around AI (expect a future blog post about my AI fears!). If there is one thing AI will enable, it is greater efficiency, on almost all tasks, over a very short time period. We are going to need to simultaneously deal with massive numbers of diverse unwanted side effects, just
... See moreJascha Sohl-Dickstein • Too Much Efficiency Makes Everything Worse: Overfitting and the Strong Version of Goodhart's Law
“A couple of things plagued Vine, and it all stems from the same thing, which is a lack of unity and leadership on a vision,” said Ankur Thakkar, who was Vine’s head of editorial from 2014 until May of this year. He told me he was proud of the work the app did to highlight rising stars, including Ruth B, who earned a record deal after his team gave... See more
The Verge • Why Vine died
Sunsama is priced in whole numbers (USD).
We know that more people would convert to a paid plan if we'd price the product at $19.99 instead of $20.00 but that's just deceitful psychological trickery. Just like our core product, we're interested in building a product that fights back against our psychological weaknesses instead of taking advantage
... See moreSunsama • Pricing Manifesto
Ambiguity in visual design ultimately leads to a greater variety of functions than designs that are functionally fixed.
Andrea Zittel • Andrea Zittel, "These Things I Know for Sure"
Gamified Education: Don't try to get kids off Fortnite or Roblox. Try to add educational components on top of games kids already play.
Erik Torenberg • Opportunities in Education
Marketplaces and
“If you’re an aspiring musician, you don’t go trying to release original songs to get on pop radio—no one will ever listen to them. You make cover songs of things that are already super popular…they already have viral potential. Build an audience
that way.