Seth Godin has an apt commentary about how most notification these days are ‘pushed’ to the users. Long ago, you’d go on your own schedule to check the bulletin board for updates. | learn more
This is a great article and it’s lessons are broadly applicable to businesses. “There are many different moats but they have at their root only a few different principles. This post is an attempt at categorizing the best-known moats by […]
From Farnam Street: “Innovation doesn’t occur in a vacuum. Doers and thinkers from Shakespeare to Jobs, liberally “stole” inspiration from the doers and thinkers who came before. Here’s how to do it right.” | learn more
Read this if you’re looking for some inspiration to make more time for mindfulness. | learn more
Despite the listicle clickbait title, I found this article worth reading. | learn more
I don’t use a decision journal, but I’ve imagined doing so a handful of times over the years. Do you? I’d love to hear first-hand experiences! | learn more
Farnam Street offers an exceptionally useful case study of how and when we can use mental models to make better decisions when passions run high and cloud our judgement. | learn more
Paul Graham wrote this essay in March 2008. He recognized that the rise of the internet allowed people to express disagreements more frequently than legacy media. Then he ranked the key methods of disagreement from name-calling to refutation of the […]
“In 1998, 42 percent of Icelandic 15- and 16-year-olds reported having been drunk in the previous 30 days. Almost a quarter smoked cigarettes daily, and 17 percent had already tried cannabis.” Twenty years later, teenage culture had been completely transformed […]
From Farnam Street: “We’re often advised to excel at one thing. But as the future gets harder to predict, preserving optionality allows us to pivot when the road ahead crumbles.” | learn more