What happens when an economy holds its breath?
The origins of economic progress, and what comes next
Rating my predictions from 2020: what worked, what didn’t, and what I learned along the way
On Snap's take on TikTok, Apple's developer fee reduction, and Vox's talent attrition.
The Argument for Democracy in Cyberspace
My chapter-by-chapter summary, with notes and reactions
The blue check fiasco reveals a shallow understanding of how status motivates participation in social networks. Here is a deeper look.
The future of social networks is in smaller communities
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice power for growth
Real data from our business showing how execution is exponential
Three reasons why RSS still dominates in audio, but not text.
A radical new take on email
I hope it becomes a new paradigm for the creator economy
Commoditizing tweets’ complement (the algorithm) will increase usage and rebuild trust
A Book Review of “Mastering the Market Cycle”
Lessons from ecology’s “competitive exclusion principle”
On the unbundling of Reddit into vertical communities
Advice for Generalist Founders
A friendly rebuttal
A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing;Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring:There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,And drinking
A guide to Porter’s “Five Forces” framework—through the lens of Spotify
Businesses plateau for two reasons: Their strategy is wrong (Wrong Strategy Syndrome) They fail to execute any strategy at all (Fuzzy Strat
How and why early-stage startups sacrifice growth for power
Hints that your strategy isn't working
