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Someone in Hampton recently asked for opinions on whether or not to have kids. I know this is a complex topic and having a family isn’t right (or even possible) for everyone. It is such an unbelievable leap of faith, I can hardly believe anyone would do it. But as I

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My 10-year-old son has clearly been using my phone… 🤣

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This thread is better than any ad. I see lots of bookmarks... And as a fellow agency founder I agree with every word.

I have five kids. For three of them, this would work amazingly well. They needed very little parenting. The other two would never leave their bedrooms and eat only junk food. Bottom line: The success of this strategy entirely depends on the temperament of the kids. (Love

I'm excited to announce the a16z New Media Fellowship. Or as many people are saying, the Thiel Fellowship for the terminally online. Finding highly functional people who are also very online is hard, so we are creating a fellowship to gather and train them in the art of New

When my daughter Ellie said she had an idea for a new snack company, I figured it would take a couple years to get it off the ground. But in less than a year since graduating from college, she and her husband/co-founder Rafael Pintor launched Grizzly Chews—plant-based fruit

This article infuriates me. He was not only an addict, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The state of California requires you to be a threat to yourself or another person before you can be forced to get inpatient help via a 5150. I have lived this firsthand with my sister.

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Tobi: If you don't read books, you live a lifetime. If you read books, you live a thousand, right? David: I'm going to interrupt you real quick because I took notes on this podcast six years ago. This is the first time I came across you and you said something that I absolutely

One very fast way to get “out of your head and into your heart”: have a baby. Since suffering is unavoidable, may as well make it interesting… my kids bring me happiness (and yes some suffering too) on a daily basis. Being a parent can be its own unique form of suffering, but

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Prediction: In the AI age, taste will become even more important. When anyone can make anything, the big differentiator is what you choose to make. paulgraham.com/taste.html

Lake Payette, McCall, Idaho

Call me old fashioned, but I think you can get pretty far in life by just finishing things. The world is full of half-written books, half-built businesses, and half-kept promises. You stand out by closing loops. By doing what you said you’d do. By having the courage to finish.

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