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A practical application of this perspective, and one that has a lot of virtues is: When evaluating a crazy new idea (particularly something like a product or business), don't bothe…

I'm a big fan of both Ben Thompson and Tim Wu. One of Wu's specific critiques is my biggest disagreement I have with Thompson, and is a train of thought that seems to be dogma in S…

I worked on a video chat startup in 2006 and a concept that still stands out is "floor exchange," which is when one person stops talking and another person starts talking during a …

Garry and the Initialized crew are simply the best! You can really judge investors by how helpful they are during adversity. Through ups and downs, but especially the downs, Garry …

There are interesting challenges with data collection (and I don't think the survey paper discussed in the OP really solves this problem), but to be clear, somewhere between 10-30%…

A recently published controlled study found that in two groups who were deliberately exposed to the cold virus then forced to sleep less than 6 hours a night or more than 8 hours, …

The idea that a startup's end game should be to "build a monopoly" is one of the most profound insights in Thiel's excellent book, Zero to One. This move just deepens YC's monopoly…

We believe that actually getting together with great people it what makes life worth living, and that technology should make it happen and make it awesome, not get in the way. So f…

We believe that actually getting together with great people it what makes life worth living, and that technology should make it happen and make it awesome, not get in the way. So f…

pg has described email as a to-do list of tasks assigned by other people. The social dimension is my reason for pursuing inbox zero. Especially as a founder, it's important a) not …

Sorry about that. Please email me at michael [at] joingrouper.com. We use several techniques to filter out sketchy accounts, and your sparse Facebook information may have triggered…

Try Grouper ( https://www.joingrouper.com ). [Full disclosure: I'm a co-founder]. The "browse-and-message" paradigm is fundamentally broken, not to mention a little dehumanizing (y…