May 2022 archive

Every article we published in May 2022.

May 1, 2022

Twitter as a City-State, Decentralized Investing, and Cash is King...Maybe?

Here's everything we published this week.

Every Team

May 3, 2022

Do Phone Detoxes Actually Work?

The science of stepping away from your devices

Lewis Kallow

May 4, 2022

How To Do Hard Things

A founder explores his journey with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Casey Rosengren

May 5, 2022

The Empire Stripes Back

A $100B Bet on Two Brothers

Evan Armstrong

May 6, 2022

Map of a Downturn

Untangling the complex causal chain that makes good times go bad

Nathan Baschez

May 8, 2022

Market Downturn, Stripe’s Valuation, and a Framework for Doing Hard Things

Here’s everything we published this week.

Every Team

May 10, 2022

"Disregard the Words"

From the iPhone to Snapchat and Notion—when words escape us

Josh Miller

May 11, 2022

Betting on Consumer Tech’s Tokenized Future

Gaby Goldberg helps us envision a world where user and platform interests are aligned

Joey DeBruin

May 12, 2022

Crypto's Failed Promise

The problem with crypto-as-a-nation-state

Evan Armstrong

May 12, 2022

Why Sh*t is Hitting the Fan

How the Fed accidentally scuttled your Series B, simply explained

Nathan Baschez

May 13, 2022

Crypto Gaming is Broken. How Do We Fix It?

Maybe games shouldn't cost $1,000 to play

Nat Eliason

May 14, 2022

The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals

We turned a Huberman Lab Podcast Episode into an essay

Lewis Kallow

May 15, 2022

Crypto’s Failed Promise, the Science of Goal-Setting, and Why Sh*t is Hitting the Fan

Here’s everything we published this week.

Every Team

May 16, 2022

So You Want to Launch a Physical Product

What I learned building an eight-figure candle business

Ajay Mehta

May 17, 2022

A Theory of Justice for Web3

Web3 Is Our Chance to Make a Better Internet

Li Jin

May 19, 2022

How Startups Can Survive the Creator Economy Winter

The Race for Revenue Share

Evan Armstrong

May 20, 2022

How To Time The Market (Or Not)

A Book Review of “Mastering the Market Cycle”

Nathan Baschez

May 20, 2022

Mastering the Market Cycle, by Howard Marks

My chapter-by-chapter summary, with notes and reactions

Nathan Baschez

May 21, 2022

Timing the Market, Web3 Justice, & How to Launch a Physical Product

Here’s everything we published this week.

Every Team

May 24, 2022

An introduction to the waste management business

Unsexy? Sure. But possibly a great investment!

scuttleblurb

May 25, 2022

Crypto Unicorns: How to Play & Crypto Analysis

Farming, Crafting, Gathering, Breeding... and Even Pooping

Nat Eliason

May 25, 2022

Market Design Masterclass

Scott Kominers on why incentive design matters in web3

Sari Azout

May 26, 2022

The Addiction Economy

Addicted, Overwhelmed, Oversubscribed: How Technology Hooked the World

Evan Armstrong

May 27, 2022

One vs. Two Token Models in Crypto Gaming

And a potential new model unifying the two

Nat Eliason

May 28, 2022

Perfectionism: Why and How to Beat It

A Guide to Doing Great Work without Fixating on Flawlessness

Dan Shipper

May 29, 2022

Addictive Tech, How to Beat Perfectionism, & More

Here’s everything we published this week.

Every Team

May 31, 2022

The Internet Encyclopedia of Memes

An Interview with Don Caldwell, the Editor-in-Chief of Know Your Meme

Fadeke Adegbuyi