Why airlines are always going bankrupt. “Airlines are the classic example of an “empty core” industry: an industry that is structurally incapable of reaching competitive equilibrium.” The piece argues that the sector can be profitable or competitive, but not both, […]
Anthropic says your SPV is BS. “Anthropic is calling them out *specifically*, by name, and essentially *saying* 100% of these are illegal.” A thread on what it could mean if a private company treats secondary transfers as void, and how […]
Consumer attitudes toward Al customer support. “When the choice is ‘wait 15 minutes for a human or get help from AI right now,’ 44% switch to AI.” In this survey, baseline preference for AI is only 7%, but the moment […]
Seed hundreds of creators. “I have personally seen 6 brands restart growth using the “hudson method” we are talking 5m a year brands to 100m a year brands.” Sean Frank’s playbook: flood TikTok with lots of small creators, then reuse […]
The internet is real life now. “Have you spoken to a normal person recently? They aren’t actually normal anymore. Nobody is. In all aspects of American life, the internet is upstream of everything else. Sooner or later (and, more often […]
Peptides are going legal. “Whenever a government tries to ban something people actually want, the same sequence of events plays out every time.” Max Marchione argues the FDA’s peptide crackdown mostly pushed supply into sketchier channels, and that the reversal […]
The worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do. “We’ll bet that certain pitches will be balls; you throw those pitches into the dirt; we’ll win the bets and give you some money.” Thompson’s point is that modern gambling […]
AI-generated ads win, as long as users don’t know. “Across studies, we find that genAI-created ads consistently outperform both human-and genAI-modified ads, increasing click-through rates by up to 19% in field settings.” Visual generative AI shows more promise in creating […]
Armpit thumbnails win. “if the thumbnail showed the woman’s armpit that the views would oftentimes 5-10x” A guy ran A/B tests on AI UGC ads and ended up with a weird theory about exposed body language and clicks. ~ learn […]
Not a page builder. Bookmarking for the next time I moonlight as a web designer. “Section Store adds sections directly to your existing theme, so you can keep working in Shopify’s native editor.” It’s a marketplace of 700+ Shopify theme […]