Nathan Baschez is the cofounder and CEO of AI word processor Lex. He cofounded Every, was the first employee at Substack, and co-created Product Hunt.
How media creates power
Everything I’ve learned about writing on the internet
Smaller, faster, cheaper, weirder
The surprisingly compelling audio app that has consumed my life
By Means of Natural Selection
How the tool for networked thought can grow into its $200m valuation
The Economics of Belief Transmission
GPT-powered journaling is changing my life
The past, present, and future of writing on the internet
The content format is a red herring. What really matters is the structure and purpose of TikTok’s network, which is antithetical to Instagram.
The point isn’t just to make money—it’s to change the systems that human attention flows through. You can’t understand Substack without understanding this.
If you’re building the tech equivalent of balsamic strawberry ice cream, don’t expect vanilla scale
Five lesser-known benefits of thinking out loud
Physics metaphors are everywhere in business. If you follow where they lead, you end up in fascinating places
How I learned to stop worrying and love the robots that tell me what to do
Reading the tea leaves and reacting to the hype
How to make 1 + 1 = 3
An introduction to Clay Christensen’s most underrated idea: “The Conservation of Modularity”
The math that quantifies how much execution matters
…but is OpenAI the new Intel?
They’re betting the farm on Reels. Will it blow up in their face?
Narratives have network effects
The dust has settled. Now what?
25,000 users in 24 hours
