The two most interesting "marketing" ideas I've seen lately are simply doing stuff people did decades ago that people don't do anymore.

Letting tech people touch the arts has to be one of the worst mistakes humanity has made. They have such deep contempt for creativity, ownership, and shared experiences. Life itself is an enemy. They will strangle every industry to death to have each cough up an extra dollar.

Kalshi ads sure making me consider paying for youtube.

the mistake so many people make is seeing university professors as intellectuals when they’re actually employees at a combination hedge fund and healthcare conglomerate that operates a small luxury resort/sports franchise where student-customers occasionally take classes

my final story for the year is on the cover of today’s The Washington Post

The Internet was a better place when you had to be a nerd to use it

Nobody making $50,000 plus a month is selling you a $50 course on how to get in their industry and become their competition

Life is just being inserted into a storyline that already exists and you then need to figure out what characters did what before your character was introduced.

No one cares to know that you're planning to change the television channel from the NFL's Super Bowl Halftime performance to some other channel until the NFL's presentation is over.

one of the lowest-lift things you can do to change the world for the better is to TELL SOMEONE when you think they have the potential to do something great, esp. if you are higher status than them. People who have the best potential are often squelched and cowed by the insecure

How about a system where primary care providers have to apply to you for your issues instead of you searching them out?

The first lesson I learned today is to get over yourself while being willing to have a lil fun with things. The second thing I learned is to not dwell on stuff when you don’t get your way. Move on to the next chance.

This has been the kind of copywriting this shoe has had since 2022.

If someone asks if they can get you anything else, just say no. They don't want to get something else for you, they don't want to be rude by not offering.

Anyone else stuck in this weird cycle where work is so exhausting that your hobbies feel like too much work, so you don’t do them, and then you go back to work upset that you didn’t take time to do the things you enjoy?

For anyone who uses StubHub to buy/sell tickets, a cautionary post... I purchased four tickets to all three sessions of March Madness in St Louis on March 20 and 22 for $2000 total. When Illinois did not end up in the STL bracket, I sold the tickets on Stubhub on March 15...

One of the worst parts of modern life is feeling like you have to investigate everything before you pay for it. Cars, houses, medical bills, repairs, groceries… every industry feels like a trap waiting for distracted people. Living is hard enough without feeling like

last gen’s successful consumer founders (pinterest, snap, insta, etc.) weren’t on the bleeding edge of tech, they were on the bleeding edge of culture and human experience. most of consumer ai today is still more interested in the tech than the culture. in the fullness of time,

Instead of asking people what they do for a living I’m now asking: So, what’s your scam?