David Friedman

Oct
11

You Have to Learn to Write Well

I see a lot of people who work in tech startups, who can't write well. And it generally
5 min read
Oct
09

Companies Buy Solutions, not Features

If you run a B2B tech startup you're probably jazzed about your product's features, and less
1 min read
Oct
06

AGI & Volatility, and Thinking in Bets

Tyler Cowen believes that those who believe in the imminence of AGI ought to be long volatility. He writes: As
2 min read
Sep
26

Overfitting in Corporate Recruiting

I read an interesting post from Maxwell Tabarrok about overfitting in academia. Much of what he discusses in that post
3 min read
Sep
22

Understanding Prompt Engineering

Prompt engineering will become increasingly important over the next several years, as AI tools advance and their technology becomes diffused
4 min read
Sep
09

Rethinking The Network State

I read Balaji Srinivasan's new book The Network State recently, and came away from it thinking that it
4 min read
Sep
02

Economic Growth & Population Growth

Technology vs Population Global economic growth is largely independent of global population growth I have wanted to write a post
5 min read
Sep
01

The Importance of Framing Your Message

Marketers and advertisers spend a lot of time thinking about how to best convey the message they want. If you&
4 min read
Aug
09

On bitcoin, value, and use

Noah Smith has a long and free post on his Substack newsletter about bitcoin, and crypto more generally. The post
2 min read
Aug
08

How to Do Remote Work Correctly

I have been working remotely for more than a decade, and, with the rise of COVID-driven remote work, I have
4 min read