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From Sustainable HumanHow Wolves Change Rivers

In some Yellowstone areas, tree height quintupled in just six years after wolves returned.

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From Y CombinatorWhy Physical AI Is the Next Platform Shift

Product-market fit requires two things to converge: a product improving toward its market, and a market moving toward the product.

From David SenraSam Altman on Building OpenAI & Betting on the Impossible

Pre-iPhone smartphones had much of the technology, but lacked the interface breakthrough that made smartphones transformative.

From TEDStanley McChrystal: Listen, learn ... then lead

Rapid change can invert expertise: subordinates may know more about new technologies and tactics than senior leaders.

@bentorren added

Doug Leone on David SenraDoug Leone on Sequoia, Fear, Great Founders & Starting Over at 69

A handshake or signed term sheet creates a moral obligation, even when another investor later offers more.

From My First MillionThe oldest trick in the book to make your first million

James Watt’s more efficient steam engine increased coal consumption because cheaper capability drove widespread adoption.

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From VeritasiumThe Expert Myth

Doctors with 20 years of experience can be worse at diagnosing rare heart and lung diseases than recent graduates.

@tessanorland added

From Paul MussoThe Quiet Death Of Human Thinking

When inherited meaning collapses, people without self-created values outsource purpose to movements, leaders, nations, and organizations.

@keian added

From The Diary Of A CEO with Steven BartlettStock Expert: Becoming Rich Is Simple, But You Won’t Do It!

ATMs made bank branches cheaper to operate, and banks opened more branches, ultimately increasing teller jobs.

@emily added

From Talks at GoogleJulie Lythcott-Haims | Your Turn: How to Be an Adult | Talks at Google

When older family members say “keep your options open,” they may be expressing disapproval, not offering neutral advice.

@clairebexley added

From The Prof G Pod with Scott GallowayThe Week: The $45 Billion AI Fund That Imploded

Capital-expenditure booms make profits surge on paper: spenders defer costs five to ten years while recipients book revenue immediately.

@danielrenwick added

From Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'ShaughnessyHow to Raise a Few Billion Dollars

The most common sales mistake is over-indexing on logic while ignoring the person and their fears.

@bentorren added

Byron Tau on Shawn Ryan Show#340 Byron Tau - The Government Doesn't Just Spy on You. It Buys You.

The Fourth Amendment requires a warrant for cellphone data from AT&T, but not the same data bought from a weather app.

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