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> doesn't this feel a bit short-sighted Absolutely feels that way... but it may also be VITAL. The first (really only) goal of a company is to not die. I call this the SHL rule - a…

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Have you tried doing freelancer stuff? When no one will give you a chance, giving yourself one is probably your best bet. I have no idea how well that would work, but it seems like…

There is an idea many hold that we all knew how to fight COVID and for various reasons simply failed to implement it. The reality is that we didn't know much about it, there was no…

> many of us may be forced to decide Are you saying you spend so long at work you don't have time to do these things after work hours? If not, why are work hours required to be spe…

> what happens when somebody does take that cash, spends it non-essentials That's the least worrying aspect of a UBI, IMHO. Charities will always exist to fill some of these gaps, …

AFAIK there were no African slaves brought to Britain. In British colonies but not in Britain, and certainly not in numbers that lead their descendants being a significant minority…

In my experience, a lot of corporate entities have bad rules like "30 days to review patches before they go live", or "no patches not reviewed by team X" that slow down changes. Th…

Are there two separate issues? Couldn't it be argued the term Google is generic, so therefore the trademark is redundant, but the use in a domain is confusing to people? kleenex in…

My recall of the term - and I can;t remember where I saw this - was that bugs take a long time fix, somewhere in the range of 10-100X as long as coding new things. A 10X developer …

Think how much regulatory red tape there must be for that to be a better way to do things! There is the point at which laws designed to protect people end up hurting them. The Seat…

Is any of this supported by evidence that "a big chunk of the economy (will be) powered by gigs"? I doubt it is true, and I believe your conclusion is likely off, even though I agr…

No, it is destined to succeed (IMHO). The massive-growth-model of startups dictates "YOY, double revenue on a 50% cost increase. Rinse and repeat until profitable". As long as the …

Not "an", as in singular measure, no. But what about several? Is there a single metric for "heathy"? Someone can be OK in almost all ways but have a broken leg. Are they "healthy" …

That's pretty rare! Almost all great teams have great players - and the teams that don't, usually have chronically underrated players, e.g. the Pistons with Ben Wallace - one of th…

It's not my claim, it is Tyler Cowan's claim. In case you are unsure who he is, pretty much everyone who is anyone holds Tyler as a hero, Malcolm Gladwell for one. So not ridiculou…

So, you want less meetings for women? Scenario with a female founder: "Listen, I want to meet you but as we have an at least one woman present policy for any meetings with female f…

You are placing normative (meaning "you should do") moral judgements on a descriptive (meaning "this will happen") moral statement. My prediction isn't what SHOULD happen, but what…

Which "study"?

These articles also sell it without a solution. "It isn't X, it is Y. I have no idea how to fix Y, or a single policy idea to suggest, but, yeh, definitely Y." We are all obsessed …

Do you know what amazes me about comments like yours? You don't have to agree with a course of action to accept the reality that certain things will happen. > I expect smart VCs th…

I expect less VCs to take meetings with women, sadly. Not because they are likely to be problems, quite the opposite I'd wager. That's going to be the rather depressing and sad rea…