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Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
In 2011 Cowen published a digital pamphlet in which he argued that since the 1973 oil-price shock, America had experienced a hidden crisis of lost growth that would be resolved only by the development of new technology. He called this period the “Great Stagnation”, and he proposed a cultural solution rather than an economic one: raise the social st... See more
archive.ph • Tyler Cowen, the Man Who Wants to Know Everything
The executive editor of the most influential literary agency in the US said he could not risk his relationship with the paper, on which he depends for reviews and publicity for his authors. Publishers who are brand names in the industry balked. Even freelance designers and editors refused to work on the book, saying it was not a risk they could aff
... See moreAshley Rindsberg • The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History
the company’s third annual Summit—
Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
Be the expert, or find one.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
The Internet, though, is a world of abundance, and there is a new power that matters: the ability to make sense of that abundance, to index it, to find needles in the proverbial haystack. And that power is held by Google. Thus, while the audiences advertisers crave are now hopelessly fractured amongst an effectively infinite number of publishers, t... See more
Stratechery • Amazon Cuts Affiliate Marketing, Google Versus French Publishers, Streaming Services and Movies
virtually everyone in the United States and everywhere in the wired-up world knew Google.
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Google also became known for its irreverent culture and its data-driven approach to business decision making;
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
Marc Andreessen, perhaps the world’s bellwether venture capitalist,