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There is a strategy called fast follower where you run behind a competitor (first mover) waiting for them to trip up. Quite often they do. You can learn from their mistakes, operat…

Thanks. I post stories about it secretly on HN through anonomous accounts. I mostly get downvoted as it's usually controversial and counterintuitive. It is to be expected. I don't …

More importantly social media is bad for your mental health. It hits the brain in many of the same ways as the 'news' and those intentionally boring phone games. It causes dopamine…

You can have science without academia and visa versa. Perhaps it should say that academia has a broken reward system.

People who worry about the risk of accidents should also take into account the risk of falling behind technologically and economically. I'd argue that the latter would cause (or fa…