Spencer Yen

The best prompts now are quite simple, leaving AI to handle how to answer a question. Meanwhile AI chat suffers from the same problem from command lines to Alexa - how can i remember what to ask? Only this time the problem is exacerbated by the fact that AI is capable of practically anything making the task less one of remembering commands but a... See more

Because give me the "wisdom of the well-informed" over the "wisdom of the masses" any day. The masses, as they say, are asses. And part of that jackassery is the fact that they can be gamed. Or worse, bought and sold.

The common theme in the development of each major platform (electricity, cars, planes, the web, mobile, etc.) is that we build what we can given the tools available to us at the moment. In Where Do Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson refers to this as The Adjacent Possible. In other words, you can open the door to the next room, but you can’t... See more

I resisted the urge to be annoyed with the team and instead learned something important. Burnout is not what it presents : it’s not about working too hard for too long, burnout is about working in the face of a goal that seems too far out, too unattainable, too abstract .

Create More Than You Consume

If you want to be successful in business (in life, actually), you have to create more than you consume. Your goal should be to create value for everyone you interact with. Any business that doesn’t create value for those it touches, even if it appears successful on the surface, isn’t long for this world. It’s on the way... See more

I don’t believe in stuffed or stacked foods, but in particular I’m out on loaded toasts and sandwiches. It’s why burrito culture also has never made much sense to me. In that IG-approved glob of messiness, you don’t actually end up tasting anything, just a mishmash of textures. Instead, I prefer a well-prepared, well-seasoned base toast with no... See more

Yeah, first of all, thanks for having me. I’m stoked to be here and I’m still processing the launch. It was a big one for us. We’re at a scale now with 700 million users where there are many surprises that are just kind of baked in when you operate with this many users and they’re all different. So I mean, to answer your question, yes, I was... See more