Essays
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The crabification of contentOn mimesis, Moloch, and the algorithm trap
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How to go to China (again)On quality, pragmatism, and the collision ahead
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UI unlocks AIWhat do delightful AI products actually look like?
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How to go to ChinaNotes on competition, scaling laws, food, convenience, and more
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The DeepSeek r1 model: AI's Sputnik moment?How a low-cost, high-performance model from China sparked panic, and what it means for AI
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The pope hat paradoxHow do you tell the difference between genius and lunacy?
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Decoding Silicon Valley's newest religionThe essentials of AI, explained for All
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Roger Federer and the Ivy LeagueReflections on Federer's commencement speech at Dartmouth
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The three key levers of AI: product, operations, and youCan AI turbocharge your entire business, not just your product?
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You are at the inflection pointThe surprising key to a fulfilling career? Climb the most interesting mountain
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The chess grandmaster's mistake: what Deep Blue can teach us about AI and writingWelcome to the era of the centaur writer
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AI is the lever, not the productThis time is not different
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The purgatory of endless possibilityLet's explore the unique existential dread of graduation together
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Down 4-1: creating my own ghost to chaseWhat do Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic have in common?
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Three definitions of risk (and why it matters)What is risk, really?
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Why I hate Rafael NadalA farewell to Federer, the greatest tennis player who ever played the game
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The unreasonable effectiveness of writingWriting is the ultimate form of thinking
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Opinions on business school at StanfordWhat I wish I knew before my first year at the GSB
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An opinionated treatise on a life well-livedA simple playbook for an uncertain life