In the modern economy, managerial capitalism is the prevailing way companies are run.

You don’t need full-time G&A roles as your first 10 hires in an early stage startup.

Because the human brain is a universal machine, it contains multiple strange loops that are coarse-grained copies of other strange loops housed in other brains at varying degrees of fidelity.

Anyone can follow instructions—performing a well-understood task step-by-step until it is completed.

The easiest way to know that a new hire isn’t working out (and not fool yourself in the process) is to have a plan before they are hired.

A country with a frontier is shaped by it. It favors people with rugged individualism because common services are not readily available without an existing economy in place.

The Cartier Tank Must is a classic. The design is damn near perfect as a dress watch and instantly adds a little elegance to the moment.

The recent layoffs in tech, especially the large companies like Google and Amazon, got me thinking about the effect of layoffs for the business doing the layoffs.

I’ve been using the Zealio V2 keyswitches on my primary keyboard for around 1.

The latest hyped tactile keyswitch I’m trying out on my primary keyboard, replacing Zealio v2.

A Wall Street Journal poll of economists found that the probability of a recession in the next 12 months is 61%, down slightly from 63% from October 2022 and significantly higher than the 2022 Q3 roundup.

Celebrity endorsements are not just getting someone well known to tell you about a thing so you trust it.

A meta study found that 65 million people around the world have Long COVID.

In 2022, startup funding fell dramatically—down 67% year over year. Late stage funding took the largest hit (down 67%), but early stage (series A and B) also dropped 59%.

When searching for an org-roam note, the title isn’t always enough to tell if it’s what I was looking for.

One of the greatest advantages that remote-first companies have is that work happens asynchronously.

Organisms evolving independently on different planets will probably end up with the ability to hear things at the same frequency range as humans.

Accountability is a distinguishing feature of progressing into leadership roles. As a general rule, moving “up” means more accountability.

When screen sharing, never share your whole screen. There is too much information that will be viewable on your desktop and infinite ways to accidentally leak private stuff.

One of the most important parts of org-mode is the ability to capture items quickly.

I’ve been thinking more about how to live a rich digital life and what that means in a world of abundance.

A 14 year longitudinal study found that being disagreeable—aggressive, selfish, manipulative, and so on—does not have a positive relationship with obtaining power at work.

Roman concrete used thousands of years ago is significantly more durable than modern concrete.

Private investment firms like venture capital and private equity are in the business of avoiding visible volatility of public markets.