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The logic behind the author's central thesis seems to be: 1. Humans live about 100 years. 2. The highest human ambitions, like writing a great novel, can only be reasonably accompl…

"English-language conquest is not more efficient than polyglot science – it is just differently inefficient." This seems to be the main thesis the article is trying to prove, yet t…

Are you against the particular points in this lecture? The video seems like sound tactical advice on how to do a particular type of startup. He talks about things like looking for …

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Those of you who say that this research is just correlation need to read the paper for a few minutes. Shai's paper would be much less interesting if he just looked at many patents …

To the majority of users, including me, that idea is actually novel, and the novelty itself demonstrates the hidden corners that are lurking quite well. I believe that point was we…

I believe that your metaphor above is correct in getting at some features of the startup world, namely: 1) Many founders are attracted by glory rather than logic. 2) Large companie…

I disagree that a citizen of one country cannot complain about the actions of another country if his/her own country has some (perhaps worse) violations as well. Applying this logi…

This is exactly what we do. And the point is to give wages to those who value it more, and equity to those who value that more. It's creative and win/win generally for the team. I'…

Speaking from the startup's side, I feel a lot of startup hate for Paypal comes from these horror stories. But in reality any low cost service will have bad customer support (Gmail…

You're right that a lot of outcome comes from past experience. I don't think a resourceful person riding a bike for the first day can be nearly as good as a non-resourceful person …

True, but he's controls whether its removed or not so it's best to give a more persuasive reason.

In this case, it's right under the section entitled "Lock Up Agreement", and seems to be indeed after the /prospectus date/ and not the IPO: "...during the period ending 180 days a…

The transition is never that stark. Take your example of sunglasses. A quick search on wikipedia shows that the precursor were glasses with a thin slit in them. It was never squint…

I think that can be applied to technologies that aren't open -- and it can be a property of the technology itself. In fact, one entire category of technology that's overlooked righ…

99 Designs has actually worked pretty well in my experience. It's like Derek Siver's strategy to have a bunch of people do the work you want be done, and then hiring the best. Exce…

I personally have had some luck with Joel's stackoverflow career postings when it first started out. I'm not sure what it's like anymore. Also, are you a programmer yourself? If so…

One big assumption that the article is leaving unstated is that the market is valuing things fairly. That is, the analysis depends on the market valuation being correct. In fact, i…

What game does this Nash Equilibrium correspond to? How are we modeling the world such that the eqm. changes? I don't see the "shift" as obvious at all.

Yes -- this is absolutely key. While the first couple of years in a PhD program can be like a Master's program, once you get to the independent research portion, it's completely di…

Yes but $9b of "credit" is created this way. The US government emphatically does not sell bonds for credit, only cash, which you still only have $1b of...

How could this have come about? Was it that you guys didn't do the design at all and someone else lifted it in your name? Or did you guys go ahead and think "we'll wait till we're …

Point of clarification: what does status mean here? If it's identically equated to having a lifestyle that involves obsession with Star Wars, not following proper hygiene, and bein…