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The Most Important Conversation I Had This Week
How one uncomfortable question forced me to define what we actually build—and why clarity beats hype in the age of AI “everything apps.”
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San Francisco, take the hint
(The Weekend Edition)
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Do Less. Build Better.
A conversation with Rachel ten Brink
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There
The rules of the game are changing faster than humans can adapt and no playbook from the last decade will save you.
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The real AI pinch point
Hint: it’s not chips
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Dead Metaphors Cost Billions
Capital doesn’t chase reality. It chases stories. The winners know when it’s time to tell a new one.
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Democracy Is the Platform Beneath Every Startup
Harrison Miller on Amazon’s coin-toss chaos, building through bubbles, and why democracy is the platform behind every startup
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In Defense of Bubbles
The wreckage is real. So are the gifts hiding underneath.
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America reveres work. ICE raids desecrate it.
From Puritans to the New Deal to César Chávez — across politics and class, we’ve always shared one belief: work is sacred. ICE raids betray that.
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