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.
And understanding how psychology affects consumer behavior
Three Shorts — April 2nd, 2020
Nathan and Dan discuss Superorganizers and Bundle Digest updates and the books they read on vacation. Books mentioned: Of Mice and Men by J
The "Divinations" Summary / Review
This is the audio edition of Inside the Clubhouse, narrated by me!
Decoding Apple's intentions
Dan takes Nathan through his Superorganizers piece on Spatial Organizing. The technique is useful for a pretty much any project, from writin
And what it means to be a journalist in 2020
Read to the end for how women face unique challenges in the passion economy
Hello! Welcome to Three Shorts, a recurring series where I unpack the strategy behind the news in as few bullet points as possible.Enjoy!Fas
A radical new take on email
What happens when an economy holds its breath?
Read to the end for live streaming insights for music creators
Good afternoon! Here’s the audio version of the Quibi essay that Adam Keesling and I published today. It’s narrated by me, and the first few
A new talk show starring Li Jin and yours truly
Hints that your strategy isn't working
Plus, how to be a person on the Internet, with Visakan Veerasamy
Happy Friday! Above is a recording of me narrating this week’s essay explaining bundle economics, “Bundle Magic.” I tried something a littl
Opening a marketplace creates complicated new tradeoffs
Three Shorts: Facebook Portal — back from the dead!; an advertising arbitrage opportunity; a funny story about the power of incentives
Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy
Nathan and Dan talk through the experiments they’ve run with the weekly Sunday digests and what they’re going to try next. Here’s the link t
A eulogy for a larger-than-life thinker
Taking a hard look at Substack’s top ten after yet another chaotic week for media (and for everything else), Dan and Nathan dig into the Pub
