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What if… Nassim Taleb built news product

In the previous post, I summarized Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s criticism of the news. In this blog, I imagine what it…

1 week ago

Why Nassim Taleb says you shouldn’t read the news

One of my favorite authors, the scholar and former trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb, argues that you should not read the…

2 weeks ago

Dhandho Maxing Restaurants with Aakarshan Harlalka – Flywheels

Every spike in orders triggers a reaction somewhere else — in operations/Kitchens,finance, delivery logistics, or algorithmic ranking. In part 4,…

4 weeks ago

Dhandho maxing restaurants with Aakarshan Harlalka – Algorithms and UX

Originally published in The Times of India. In part 3, Aakarshan Harlalka of AdvanceX and I discuss the business from…

1 month ago

Can X become a ‘truth-maximizing’ news app?

X’s ambition is to become the go-to news app without becoming a newsroom itself. Hence, it is positioned as a…

2 months ago

The agentic CMS

With the rise of Generative AI, WordPress—and content management systems (CMSes) in general—are poised for a transformation. This evolution isn’t…

9 months ago

‘Local community media’ as a ‘trusted club’

In this ThinkIn, I spent a couple of hours with old-school traders. Yes, they ran conventional businesses. But their business,…

10 months ago

Audio Shorts from Longform using Generative AI

I write Media Flywheels, a newsletter exploring the intricacies of the media business. It’s dense, deeply researched, and tailored for…

10 months ago