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    December 2021 | Archive

    I'm trying an experiment where I use Notion to save all of the interesting articles that I read this past month. Follow me at @blakeir (Updated: 1.02.2021)
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    11 Reasons Not to Become Famous
    tim.blog
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    2021 letter // Dan Wang
    danwang.co
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    2021 Observations // Aashay Sanghvi
    docs.google.com
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    How TikTok Reads Your Mind
    www.nytimes.com
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    Publisher-Specific Blockchains
    www.konvoy.vc
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    The Power of Culture
    continuations.com
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    The power of defaults
    julian.digital
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    Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
    continuations.com
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    Whales, True Fans and the Ethics of Free-to-play games
    www.gamesbrief.com
    A Chat With The King of Music: An Interview With Daniel Ek
    sotonye.substack.com
    Alexander Berger On Philanthrophic Opportunities And Normal Awesome Altruism
    thebrowser.com
    Ameerpet, India’s unofficial IT training hub
    www.economist.com
    Avatars Don’t Poop But You Can Be Sure The Metaverse Will Have Toilets
    hunterwalk.medium.com
    Axie Infinity: Infinite Opportunity or Infinite Peril?
    www.deconstructoroffun.com
    Beer Mode and Coffee Mode
    perell.com
    BNPLs: Businesses Needing Provided Legibility
    bam.kalzumeus.com
    Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs flip CryptoPunks in terms of floor price
    www.theblockcrypto.com
    Building a Board: What I Wish I Had Known
    ryancaldbeck.co
    Can a former model predict your future? A million Turkish users say yes
    restofworld.org
    Can Matt Mullenweg save the internet?
    www.protocol.com
    Deep Dive: PC Distribution Platforms
    www.konvoy.vc
    Don't show Me the Money
    www.drorpoleg.com
    DST Global: The Quiet Conqueror
    www.readthegeneralist.com
    Emmett Shear: What streaming means for the future of entertainment
    www.ted.com
    Groups Never Admit Failure
    nav.al
    Head Games
    reallifemag.com
    How Amazon Survived the Dot-Com Bubble
    online.hbs.edu
    How Shein beat Amazon at its own game — and reinvented fast fashion
    restofworld.org
    How to Identify Underrated Markets
    venturedesktop.substack.com
    How Virtual Worlds Work
    www.raphkoster.com
    Hugging the X-Axis
    perell.com
    I’m A Twenty Year Truck Driver, I Will Tell You Why America’s “Shipping Crisis” Will Not End
    medium.com
    Is “True Ownership” Actually True?
    freetoplayeconomics.com
    It's Gen Z's World, And We're Just Living In It
    digitalnative.substack.com
    It's Not A Ponzi
    hipcityreg.substack.com
    Lunch with Alan Kay
    futureofcoding.org
    Model City Monday
    astralcodexten.substack.com
    More than you want to know about gift cards
    bam.kalzumeus.com
    Mortal Inspiration from the Gods of Venture Capital
    www.institutionalinvestor.com
    Opinion: Play-to-earn feels like a disaster waiting to happen
    www.gamedeveloper.com
    Peloton, Valuations, and Innovation
    www.readmargins.com
    Perspective: Investing in software powering the green economy
    www.bvp.com
    PoolTogether Research Report: Vibes, Labor, Constituencies
    otherinter.net
    Psychology of Human Misjudgment (Transcript) by Charlie Munger
    fs.blog
    Replit: Remix the Internet
    www.notboring.co
    Sequoia Consumer Privacy and Autonomy Thesis
    app.skiff.org
    Sequoia’s stealthy wealth management fund shakes up its portfolio
    www.ft.com
    Smiling at a deadweight loss
    koenfucius.wordpress.com
    Techno-optimism for 2022
    noahpinion.substack.com
    The ‘To the Moon’ Crash Is Coming
    www.vice.com
    The Dark Side of 15-Minute Grocery Delivery
    www.bloomberg.com
    The Eternal Sunshine of Sam Altman
    www.theinformation.com
    The Financialization of Fun: Crypto Gaming Thesis
    www.mechanism.capital
    The Great Bifurcation
    stratechery.com
    The insides of pro bowling balls will make your head spin
    www.popsci.com
    The Internet of Beefs
    www.ribbonfarm.com
    The secondary market in gift cards
    bam.kalzumeus.com
    The Stakeholder Economy & The Prospects Of Collective Ownership
    scottbelsky.medium.com
    The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
    kk.org
    The Third Wave of Gaming
    www.ranmo.me
    The Web3 Playbook: Using Token Incentives to Bootstrap New Networks
    future.a16z.com
    Tokens as CAC - Are Crypto Companies More or Less Efficient in Acquiring Customers?
    tomtunguz.com
    Twitter, the Intimacy Machine
    ravenmagazine.org
    Wall Street Is No Fun Anymore
    www.bloomberg.com
    What Every Crypto Buyer Should Know About OpenSea, The King Of The NFT Market
    www.forbes.com
    What's a Ponzi Scheme? What Isn't?
    www.thediff.co
    Why Thieves Steal Soap
    priceonomics.com
    Will music NFTs ever get their PFP moment?
    www.waterandmusic.com
    Writing is Networking for Introverts
    byrnehobart.medium.com