Spencer Yen

One reason for our indifference is that the true scale of the theft has been hidden from us. Social media platforms have been stealing our time using a bizarre trick: they’ve been speeding up our sense of time — effectively shortening our lives — so we think we had less than we did, and don’t notice some of it was pilfered.

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

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 do think people will go to fewer websites. I think people will care more about human-crafted content than ever. My directional bet would be that human-created, human-endorsed, human-curated content all goes up in value dramatically

Your future self calls to you in the present through what you're interested in."

It's about setting myself up to be able to notice or be surprised. A lot of people don't realize how much they're cutting themselves off from serendipity and opportunity.

People talk a lot about making your own luck or serendipity in careers. It starts to sound like an aphorism or warmed-over career advice, but people don't take it seriously enough.... See more

Stuckness occurs when decisions aren't made. Specifically, it's when the intellectual mind takes over and recursively analyzes all possible scenarios, looking for a perfect next step. No such thing exists. That's the first step in getting unstuck—letting go of the mind's endless attempt at finding an ideal, risk-free next step.

Recursive... See more

As I was reading about Eno and others last year, I was sort of hoping to come across a clever trick you could do to keep going like this. But the truth is painful and simple. Eno is able to remain interesting because he’s willing to risk everything he’s achieved again and again.

It is an endless loop where:

1. Eno does something random that no one is

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