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#43 - The Power of Constraints

By Dan Shipper Talk Therapy

Dan Shipper is the CEO and cofounder of Every. Every week he explores the frontiers of AI in his column, Chain of Thought, and on his podcast, ‘AI & I.’

By Nathan Baschez Talk Therapy

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.

Talk Therapy

#43 - The Power of Constraints

Nathan walks Dan through the ideas and strategy behind his new Divinations series, Three Shorts. How do you get from the Zone of Ignorance t

Dan Shipper

Nathan Baschez

Nov 12, 2020 · 1 min readUpdated Jul 14, 2026

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Nathan walks Dan through the ideas and strategy behind his new Divinations series, Three Shorts. How do you get from the Zone of Ignorance to the Zone of Knowing…and how do constraints help you out?