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Most things in america are paid ads in disguise: these posts, blogs by mckinsey/bcg/big 4 accounting firms, news is often a paid ad/agenda in disguise. You're h
by winter-day 3y ago
Most things in america are paid ads in disguise: these posts, blogs by mckinsey/bcg/big 4 accounting firms, news is often a paid ad/agenda in disguise. You're honestly better off spending time with your family and developing a small hobby.
~ musings from a late 30s guy
- maigret 3y agoYou should read The Information Diet. Mostly agreeing with what you say but coming to a different conclusion of where to find better information.
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agoOr using all of this and becoming massively wealthy.
- codersfocus 3y agoI think you’re forgetting the ??? step
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agoJust ask Adam Neumann.
- ClassyJacket 3y agoShit why didn't I think of that??
- apsurd 3y agothere's enough counter advice at this point to suggest against "playing entrepreneur" in favor of you know, getting stuff done.
- Barrin92 3y agoif you want to get massively wealthy get a good CS education or just get business experience in the real world, these a16z blogs and podcasts are for what's appropriately been labeled Veblenian entrepreneurship, that is consuming entrepreneurship as a sort of cosplay lifestyle.
- vmurthy 3y agoI'd argue that if you are really interested, you can follow a few academics and read up on their papers etc. Of course, that's a big undertaking but it's the only alternative I can think of given the incentives for pushing shit at us
- akvadrako 3y agoThat's just subjecting yourself to more marketing. They're trying to sell you their theory and get you to cite it or even better fund the work. It's quite common to gloss over arguments or ignore data that don't support their cause.
- gengwyn 3y agoI feel like this is equivocating a bit. Scientific papers exist to put forth an argument and change minds, yes. That’s the entire point of science as an endeavor. It’s not perfect, but if we’re going to define “marketing” as “anytime someone tries to convince me of anything”, I think we’re getting a tad reductionist.