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A bunch of people have written me back saying this was the best newsletter I have ever sent (flattering) ... so here it is for those who don't subscribe: AI Is Not a Labor Crisis. It Is a Meaning Crisis.
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sam lessin 🏴☠️
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Intern @theinformation. GP @slow. Fmr VP Product FB. co-founder dropio & fin. Seed investor solana, venmo, openphone, teamshares, sublime. wless.in ¶.
- I really don't understand how Spotify doesn't yet have an LLM mode where I can describe a mood, etc. and it generates a playlist for me. Seems unbelievably obvious value add.
- "what time is the debate" query on google is a deep commentary on state of internet .. most obvious one box ever answer, but instead pages and pages of SEO optimized crap that hides the answer you obviously want
00:00 - For some reason @Harvard has taken down Dean Gay's statement on the death of George Floyd from its original source.... but I think it is worth reflecting on today, and juxtaposing her words then with what she said today when questioned about hate speech towards Jews on campus and
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextHarvard has not taken down the statement. The current working link is: fas.harvard.edu/2020/05/31/the… - The idea that NVIDIA is now more valuable than AAPL means something is dramatically mispriced. Either Apple's 400B in revenue and 125B in EBITDA is way too cheap, or NVIDIA's 60B in revenue and 30 in EBITDA is too expensive...
- Most successful creator of manual slop worried about AI slop... which seems correct. but non-issue for non-slop creators.
- What a beautiful business... zero venture capital, most successful creator platform by a mile ...
- It really does seem like there is a high correlation between people willing to do the paperwork to get on a Forbes 30 under 30 list and those willing to commit some form of fraud unfortunately.
- ‘Calendly’ Etiquette is The Most Raw / Naked Display of Social Capital Dynamics in Business.
- The SaaS Era is Over ; Software is a Business Tool not a Business Model
- Replying to @netcapgirllol... until i can credibly say "grok made me fire you" McK is gonna be fine
- Interesting from NYT in a guns germs and steel sense of why different countries develop differently... and how big a deal is AC for global development patterns.
- The coming fall of the Kardashians in context of how entertainment is evolving... (aka why they are so pissed about tiktok)
- Very happy to see WSJ doing work on this. Tiktok is a real national security problem / is feeding our kids (and the future of our democracy) absolute crap - and is ultimately controlled by foreign entities with a stake in us being weak. It needs to be banned.
