The unironic partisan’s “my team knows what’s best for you”… gets me every time.
Bonus points for aesthetics used as protest.
“It ain’t what you don’t know that hurts you. It’s what you know for certain that ain’t so.”
- Samuel Clemens
I don’t know who needs to hear this BUT… “exposing” something means you’re revealing something, not postulating or fabricating.
Expose = Reveal
Expose ≠ Postulate, Fabricate.
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The classic software startup writes code to solve users' problems. If AI makes writing code more of a commodity, understanding users' problems will become the most important component of starting a startup. But it already is.
This.
I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.
I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.
Commoditization leads to preference. What’s painfully funny is how few in tech notice the industry will look more like fast-fashion than couture. Landfills of waste and all.
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This Atlanta startup thinks it’s time to ditch the browser: buff.ly/4gn6CTC @JakeKaempf
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My favorite part about farmers market is when cutting the middleman out makes the veggies more expensive
Another funny observation from VC-fluencers and “innovators”, they glorify 20-something technical wünderkinds..
The most significant companies were not started by top talent. They were timely opportunities started smart people with high risk tolerance.
The Contrarian Philosopher has to be the irksome person. They take the cynical positions on popular subjects, and when confronted respond with broad/mis-leading questions.
They’re the academic equivalent of that assholes that say offensive shit and pass it off as a joke.