nrobertosthealbetross

Master of nothing.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

They are all libertarians until they are hit by higher interest rates.

[Arthur Spirling @arthur_spirling]

today, Amsterdam is a cyclist's paradise, but this wasn't always the case. During the last Ice Age it looked like many similar cities in northern Europe, with dangerous megafauna everywhere. Amsterdam shows us what's possible when we care about livability.

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Good Product Strategy, Bad Product Strategy

A thread:

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Wisdom @TalebWisdom]

"The true hero in the Black Swan world is someone who prevents a calamity and, naturally, because the calamity did not take place, does not get recognition or a bonus for it." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb in Antifragile

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Any organization with a large, protected income will tend by default toward administrative bloat. It's the same in government, at Harvard, at Google. Unless you take explicit measures to avoid it, you'll overhire.

[scott belsky @scottbelsky]

people add complexity to process (and execution) much like features add complexity to products (and customer delight). before adding people and features, refactor.

any environment of cost-cutting is a great forcing function…

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Finance has three simple rules: maintain a clear mind, figure out asymmetries, never talk to idiots.

[nrobertosthealbetross @anrwot]

@benmcredmond @heyequals Thanks Ben, agreed. Hiring right is a challenge.

[nico @nicoaferr]

This product generates ~$400M in annual revenue.

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

What dial-up internet sounded like:

[Changelog @changelog]

“I finished that API integration”

[Noah Desai Weiss @noah_weiss]

What are the common traits of PMs with the steepest career trajectories? You can’t study product management in college, so how do people who learn the fastest approach the job?

A thread with the seven traits of fast-growing PMs...

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

The theory of Silent Risk:
Risks build up where they can be noticed the least and the latest.

It appears that the bulk of the Russian equipment maintenance funds have been diverted to offshore accounts (Cyprus, Dubai).

They just noticed.

[nrobertosthealbetross @anrwot]

@skuwamoto @figma Interesting. We've just done that, so I'll be interested to see what comes out the other side of this quarter's roadmap. Perhaps monthly is the sweet spot, with ad hoc comms happening as milestones are met. Thanks again!

[nrobertosthealbetross @anrwot]

@skuwamoto @figma Thanks Sho - really appreciate the response! We're working through this now. Obviously no comms between the teams is bad but we've tried a fortnightly catchup that was too formulaic (and probably too frequent) to generate much meaningful dialogue. Will continue to ponder!

[Jack Altman @jaltma]

It’s common for startups, especially in the early days, to land a couple big customers who *know* they’re your big customers and will exert that leverage over you to get you to do things you know aren’t in your long term interest.

My experience is this is almost never worth it.

[nrobertosthealbetross @anrwot]

@NathanGuergis @BoredApeYC @nftnow @nft_affirmation @franalations23 @DennisTodisco @BoredAndBreezy @BAYCTron @ape_g4ng @garrytan @BAYC2745 Can you explain that to me a bit more? I’m a bit rusty on my economics.

I would’ve thought that the fundamental value of a Bored Ape branded NFT is comparable to a Supreme branded item. So the radically divergent valuations signals overvaluation.

[nrobertosthealbetross @anrwot]

@NathanGuergis @BoredApeYC @nftnow @nft_affirmation @franalations23 @DennisTodisco @BoredAndBreezy @BAYCTron @ape_g4ng @garrytan @BAYC2745 Open to feedback but doesn’t this suggest there’s a speculative bubble at play?