Techonomists @techonomists

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David Perell @david_perell

3 years ago

This video tells you so much about human nature. The world rewards people who take risks, and to take a risk is to bet on what’s unpopular in the eyes of the crowd. Pioneers are lauded in retrospect but mocked in the moment. Big business opportunities are low status at the beginning. Startup studios like Y-Combinator were a strange concept when Paul Graham founded it in 2005, but he's now one of the most influential people in Silicon Valley. People laughed when somebody bought a pizza for 10,000 Bitcoin in 2010, but the people who bought and held their BTC have 1,000x’d their money. The trend I'm betting on is that we are still in the very early days of online writing. Most of the world thinks creators are still weird. The creator economy is still a bit cringe — and that's why it's worth betting on. I recently heard about a person who has a very successful podcast. Despite making a lot of money and having significant influence, they’re effectively banned from discussing their show at family gatherings. People still haven’t caught up to the extraordinary influence of various online writers: Bill Gurley was writing about marketplaces in the 90s, which led him to invest in Uber (one of the best startup investments of all time); Y-Combinator grew out of Paul Graham’s How to Start a Startup essay and I don’t think he’d be so successful without them. Other examples include Emily Weiss with Glossier, Alex Hormozi with Acquisition dot com, Mark Sisson with Primal Kitchen, and Nathan Barry with ConvertKit. Whenever you find such a disconnect between perception and reality, bet big. Beware of chasing prestige. It's no coincidence that the Latin word for prestige is praestigium, which translates to illusion or mirage. When you watch the video below, look at how strange the guy looks when he’s dancing alone at the beginning of the video, and compare it with how cool he must feel when he’s surrounded by hundreds of people.

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Essential Mastery @EssentialMastry

3 years ago

If You Lack Self-Discipline, Read This... 1.

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Techonomists @techonomists

4 years ago

@Reds @ellylacocoa18 @RedsOnTheRise

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josh ackerman @joshuaackerman

4 years ago

i have thought about this hacker news comment nearly every day since november ninth twenty seventeen

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Golden State Warriors @warriors

4 years ago

Steve Kerr on today's tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

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Poorly Aged Things @PoorlyAgedStuff

4 years ago

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NBA @NBA

4 years ago

JA MORANT FROM HALFCOURT TO CLOSE THE FIRST HALF 🤯🤯🤯

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Alex Kliment @SaoSasha

4 years ago

went and translated that zelensky selfie video from the streets of kyiv, just to know what he was actually saying in response to the russian reports that he had fled -- so here it is for the rest of you, plus this music naturally felt right. enjoy.

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BythePeople @BythePeople18

4 years ago

Ukrainians are dying and Russian anti-war protesters are being arrested so don't complain that the price of bread went up 15 cents or gas is up 20 cents a gallon. It makes us look pathetic.

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Balaji @balajis

5 years ago

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5 years ago

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SN Ohio @SN_Ohio

6 years ago

(2012) Never forget this legendary duel between Kobe & Kyrie 🔥🔥 Kobe: 42 PTS Kyrie: 28 PTS, 11 AST Cavs win 100-94 🙌

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Paul Dehner Jr. @pauldehnerjr

6 years ago

Jessie Bates on Joe Burrow: "He’s going to be the face of this franchise for a really long time. He’s just a gamer, man. I’m a big fan of his and he knows it."