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It’s not technically a tax. Taxes produce valuable public benefits, like medical research and parks. This is simply legal theft. Amazon makes nearly a billion dollars in profit from search ads. Every week. Each week, they sell merchants and publishers enough search-distorting ads to capture a billion dollars in revenue. Amazon makes enough in search […]
In this Nano Tool for Leaders, author Brad Stulberg explains why you should stop thinking of excellence as a destination and more as a process of growth. … Read More
WE’RE used to living with small lies. I was confronted by this fact when, recently, as I was preparing for a dinner party, I climbed onto a step-stool and reached into the liquor cabinet. One by one, I pulled down bottles that were nearly empty. Not surprisingly, at some point over the years, my young adult kids had helped themselves. As they were growing up, we navigated our share of lies. We had
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Watch now | 🎙️From hand-drawn sketch to 3D-printed gown, Yana Welinder shows how Codex plus computer use makes previously unmanufacturable garments and full e-commerce builds possible for a solo founder
Patrick George/Ikon Images Every organization, and every hiring manager, wants to know how to hire the best people. And every company wants to feel like it has an edge over its competitors. But let me ask you a personal question: Can you think back to a moment when someone in a decision-making position took a […]
Find a safe critic. Upload your essay, your book, your artwork, your business plan or your resume to Claude. Then, pick a critic. “Write a detailed, specific negative review that might appear on Amazon/in ArtNews/at a Ph.D defense/from a disappointed venture capitalist/from a recruiter” A few things happen. First, you’ll likely read some 1-star reviews […]
Listen now | OpenAI’s head of product design on why this is the best time in history to be a designer, where humans still beat AI, and how to escape the overwhelm
Here’s a simple hack/reminder: If you buy something that has a filter or other part that needs replacing, create a recurring event in your calendar. Also mention where you store the extra filters, and include a link on where to buy more of them. Works for monthly dog meds, too. And… If you paint a […]
A curated digest of community advice on managing founder and team challenges, covering burnout recovery, startup growth limits revealed by recent acquisitions, maintaining effective documentation, and competitive intelligence practices.
Culture provides scaffolding, and learning happens over time. The result is that we’re each capable of extraordinary feats. People can fly planes, ski down mountains, figure out how to use Photoshop or a solve a crossword puzzle. But… Most people only exhibit this skill when there’s months or years of exposure combined with cultural forces […]
TO make the best decisions, we need to expand our view and think through a wider range of experiences and opinions. See panoramically. Increasing change and complexity require that we get more complete and diverse information and look outside of our usual suspects. We need panoramic intelligence. In The Panoramic Leader, Cornelia Choe and Marshall Goldsmith say that “panoramic intelligence is abou
Lori Rosenkopf, vice dean of entrepreneurship at the Wharton School, explains why Gen Z is increasingly turning to entrepreneurship, how AI is lowering barriers to entry, and why more startups won't necessarily mean more success. … Read More
After doing an autopsy at the morgue, it’s a good idea for doctors to wash their hands before delivering babies. A few hundred years ago, Ignaz Semmelweis proved this now-obvious insight about hygiene. Doctors don’t scrub because it’s fun or convenient, they do it because it’s a powerful way to create better outcomes. When I […]
IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. Bill Burnett and Dave Evans on detachment: “A state of mind that is fully engaged but calmly detached is the best place from which to do design. When you are fully engaged in any task—really buckling down and getting the work done—you have the best chance
Joel Bulger, CMO of WOWorks, discusses brand differentiation, customer personalization, loyalty, AI, and marketing across a portfolio of restaurant concepts. … Read More
Dante Terzigni/theispot.com We live on a blue planet where water appears to be plentiful. But there are strong warning signs indicating that our reliance on the fresh water we perceive to be abundant will need to change. Although water covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, only 0.5% of it is effectively usable. Further, global water […]
David Baszucki is the co-founder and CEO of Roblox, a platform built around a simple idea: give people the tools and incentives to create together. In this short conversation, he shares how a health decision saved his son’s life and how it changed how he eats, why bureaucracy compounds unless you actively destroy it, monitoring … The post Roblox CEO: How to Make Better Decisions by Fixing Yourself
Is it helping? You wouldn’t stay by passively if someone else was beating you up. Perhaps we shouldn’t accept it when we do it.
Aaron Schatz, national NFL analyst at ESPN and chief analytics officer at FTN Fantasy, breaks down 2026 NFL projections, the teams poised to rise, and the factors that shape a season forecast. … Read More
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