John MacGaffey
The Long Tail
If you wanted to listen to new music in 1948, you could turn on the radio and listen to anything you wanted, as long as your local station was broadcasting it.
John MacGaffey
Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy evolves to protect against low probability events. As an organization acquires greater assets and reputation, it makes sense to implement procedures to prevent bad things from happening.
A Brief History of Moral Panics
Throughout history, each development in the storage and distribution of information has caused considerable consternation.
Links for January 2, 2022
💼 Generation Work-From-Home May Never Recover — The Atlantic
To have a job without a workplace, you must build an office of the mind. Structure, routine, focus, socialization, networking, stress relief—their creation is almost entirely up to you, alone in a spare bedroom or on your couch, where your laptop might
Knowledge Trees
If you're trying to learn something new, identify the trunk of the topic first.
Create the Conditions for Success
You can’t make yourself fall asleep by trying harder to doze off. In fact, the opposite is likely to happen.
The Relationship With Yourself
We tend to focus on our relationships with others, but we also have a relationship with ourselves.
Below the API
Jobs increasingly fall into one of two categories: Either you tell computers what to do for a living or they tell you what to do.
Terrifying Longing
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings argues that their primary competitor isn't HBO or Disney+. It's sleep.
Not Yet
“Yet” is one of the most powerful words we have.