Thinking in Public | Jason Preston | Substack

I just finished watching a video of a talk given by Peter Thiel at Stanford, and the Q&A at the end is littered with long and rambling non-questions. It was a waste of time to watch. Most people suck at asking questions during live events. But that’s not their fault! It’s…

Dec 15, 2022

Labor partnership is the term I’ve started using to describe a human and an artificial thing doing some kind of work together as a team. Right now…

Nov 24, 2022

It took me a long time to admit that I am a “people person” — or in the parlance of Alsop Louie, a Gadfly — but the inescapable result of running tech…

Nov 4, 2022

(Cost to Acquire a Customer)

Oct 12, 2022

COVID underscores just how personalized your health really is.

Jun 14, 2022

(to anyone but you)

Sep 28, 2021

I made the three hour drive to Wenatchee last week, so I queued up my friend Ben Gilbert’s excellent podcast Acquired, and got to enjoy their most…

Aug 3, 2021

A while ago someone (unfortunately I forget who it was!) gave an example for how problems look different when you’re operating at different scales. It’s…

May 3, 2021

Thinking in Public

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