How One Metric Has Changed The Way We See The World
“This metric is called engagement, and emphasizing it — above all else — has subtly and steadily changed the way we look at the news, our politics, and each oth...
“This metric is called engagement, and emphasizing it — above all else — has subtly and steadily changed the way we look at the news, our politics, and each oth...
My Facebook page isn’t huge…but it’s growing. While my For The Interested newsletter is closing in on 12,000 subscribers, its Facebook page currently only has 2...
“Part of the mystique of the artistic brand is to make it look easy, effortless. The result is that creativity seems like a black box. In fact, we should show h...
“Knock, knock. Get the door. It’s religion!”
I didn’t need a coffee table book. But there I was in The Last Bookstore in downtown Los Angeles about to buy one — and I couldn’t figure out why.
“The Facebook algorithm immediately thinks that because my mom liked it, it must be a family related piece of content — even if it’s obviously about theoretical...
“Combine ideas from your product with an idea from your general knowledge. Combining those two existing ideas results in creativity — a brand new idea.”
“There were several factors that contributed to the company’s downfall, including not understanding what business they were really in — entertainment, not retai...
“Making a behavior harder to do makes it less likely to occur. I looked for ways to make opening email more difficult. Surprisingly, I found just adding a few e...
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