My first book, The Hidden Psychology of Social Networks, was recognized as a Top Business Book of 2021. Genuinely so humbling as a writer.
Here are the 3 central principles around which the book is organized. (1/4)
Announcing the launch of our nonprofit, the Colossal Foundation, which will deploy cutting edge technology to partners in the field so we can continue to save threatened and endangered species.
“The extrovert, for instance, will choose the majority view; the introvert will reject it simply because it is fashionable.” —C.G. Jung
roasted by Carl once again 🤦♂️
Is there anything more infuriating than a menu pop-up that follows wherever you're trying to type?
Feels like the @googledocs team is borrowing Clippy's playbook...
Sometimes when I'm writing a deck and trying to squeeze a sentence into a tight space, my brain convinces me that if I type faster, it'll fit better 🤦♂️🤦♂️
@lexfridman@JeffBezos extremely valuable conversation. @lexfridman, thank you for continuing to push the technology conversation up to the level of philosophy. it's so important.
The Internet is Spiritual Technology: A rational claim about what humans deem spiritual and what the Internet really is.
Read on Substack: https://t.co/liEJWCtVWI
"As social feeds cater to our specific tastes, we need to recognize that truth will never be the most popular flavor. Brussel sprouts won’t win a taste test against french fries. But that doesn’t mean we should start deep frying our vegetables.
'Social' news is deep fried truth. With powdered sugar and a pad of butter. How much are we going to consume before we realize it’s making us sick?"
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"Imagine a pile containing every piece of information humans created from the beginning of time until 2016. Every library, news broadcast, song, letter, movie, carved stone, oil painting, book, bathroom graffiti—everything.
The stack of information created between 2016-2018 is 10 times higher."
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