Thad White

[Thad White @thad]

Brilliant comparison of the problems of highly processed food to those of highly processed media. See Daniel Lieberman “mismatch theory”.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Floating on the Deschutes River in Bend, Oregon

[Thad White @thad]

Great charts and references here.

[George Mack @george__mack]

What is ignored or neglected by the media -- but will be studied by historians?

Here's the full list of 25 examples:

[Thad White @thad]

This is the most engaging book I’ve read in a long time, great work ⁦@bhu_srinivasan⁩ https://t.co/MqlblAG8Xh

[Luba Lesiva @loobah_l]

Every few days I remember that AI can tell if a human iris is female or male but we don’t know why.

!!!!!

[Thad White @thad]

@HarryStebbings Printers and ink.

[Thad White @thad]

@stephsmithio Don’t forget motor sports. I’ve had debates about whether car racing counts as a sport. Most of its fans would say yes I think.

[Thad White @thad]

This is wisdom worth sharing. It doesn't just point out problems, but also solutions - for social media, voting practices, and parenting. Long but worth it. https://t.co/xji0kmGPTK

[Thad White @thad]

@antoniogm @PalantirTech This reads to me as a pitch to European governments that they should buy Palantir’s tech, no?

[Steph Smith @stephsmithio]

In 1994, Jeff Bezos famously spotted a stat that made him leave his high-paying PE job to start Amazon:

💡 The Internet was growing 2300% per year.

What are the generation-defining stats of today?

I'll post a few to kick things off...

[Thad White @thad]

This is heartbreaking, and shocking that it can't be better controlled. "...where skeletal bodies and feeding tubes are touted like a badge of honor" How TikTok can send teens down a rabbit hole of potentially dangerous eating-disorder videos. https://t.co/8b8DvxYJ2w via @WSJ

[Thad White @thad]

@paulg I didn’t see indication of causality. Could it be that lower grey matter density makes one more likely to use alcohol?

[Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz]

Fascinating article from October 2020 by Marta Zaraska @mzaraska on why it feels so good to dance together, march together, sing together, or do just about anything together with other people.

https://t.co/ANXAyt4Bp3

[Matt Lerner @matthlerner]

After 17 years, we finally “cracked” a $100M churn problem at PayPal. Zero fancy tech. Just a spreadsheet, some simple SQL, and a physicist named Ben. 👇🏼

[Andrew Wilkinson @awilkinson]

This is a story about how I lost $10,000,000 by doing something stupid.

Ten. Million. Dollars.

Literally up in smoke. Money bonfire.

That’s enough to retire with $250,000+ in annual income.

Here’s what happened…

[Thad White @thad]

Original meaning of the term “critical path”

[James Murray @MurrayTheBard]

@justinkan It would be quite Ironic if the owners of an app called Robinhood go to jail for stealing from the poor to give to the rich.

[Thad White @thad]

Good thread on bottoms-up enterprise strategy...

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

1/ Ok since you asked, here are my reactions to the Slack deal and @levie comments to the effect that “the idea that workers would someday choose all their own tools was always a fantasy... Best product doesn’t always win, you also need the biggest sales force.” My thoughts:

[Thad White @thad]

I wouldn’t say “truth seeking” but definitely “successful”. Great insight from @naval. @stevenbjohnson makes similar points in “Where Good Ideas Come From”

[Naval @naval]

Evolution works by mutation and selection.

Innovation works by trial and error.

Science works by conjecture and criticism.

Free markets work by entrepreneurship and risk.

All truth-seeking systems work roughly the same way.

[Thad White @thad]

Pavlov’s dog reborn - my golden doodle now gets up and goes to the door every time he hears the @Life360 alert indicating someone has arrived home.