I take solace in the invisible hand which, in the longer term, ultimately directs greedy capitalists. Water finds its level, etc. etc.

Descriptive names are great until the thing you built starts evolving and doing more or less than the description and then is way more confusing that calling something somewhat general like my favorite of all time: 'Conformity Beaver'. The same goes for teams. Mythical creatures are good because they are fun and also allow the team to evolve its mandate and custodianship and may also help with Conways Law.

"Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome" - Charlie Munger

Because they locked-in a ton of enterprise customers and have an army of certified consultants who build custom solutions for you.

This guy writes about business strategy not philosophy and religion. Don't conflate the two.

I see where you coming from, but that only tells half of the story.

I've been sporting the same model of Ecco shoes since high school. 10+ models over the years. And every new model is significantly worse than the previous one. The one I have right now is most definitely the last one I bought.

If you would put them right next to the ones I had in high school you'd say they are a cheap, temu knock offs. And this applies to pretty much everything we touch right now. From home appliance to cars.

Some 15 years ago H&M was a forefront of whats called "fast fashion". The idea was that you could buy new clothes for a fraction of the price at the cost of quality. Makes sense on paper - if you're a fashion junkie and you want a new outlook every season you don't care about quality.

The problem is I still have some of their clothes I bought 10 years ago and their quality trumps premium brands now.

People like to talk about lightbulb conspiracy, but we fell victims to VC capital reality where short term gains trumps everything else.

> The problem is I still have some of their clothes I bought 10 years ago and their quality trumps premium brands now.

I'm skeptical of this claim. Maybe it's true for some particular brand but that's just an artifact of one particular "premium brand" essentially cashing in its brand equity by reducing quality while (temporarily) being able to command a premium price. But it is easier now than at any other time in my life to purchase high-quality clothing that is built to last for decades. You just have to pay for that quality, which is something a lot of people don't want to do.

His vision of business strategy. There are others, though.

But before that, for the love of god, solve the automatic slamming door problem. I understand we need heavy doors for fire safety but please implement soft close with dampers.

Google will be the Google of this era. They just got a slow start but the flywheel they already have in place is now spinning in their advantage.

I find the same thing between doing something entrepreneurial vs. doing it for work. If my boss tells me to call a customer, I will have no problem doing it. Calling for my side hustle......way more anxiety.

Doesn't matter because it doesn't need to be him. It can be any of the younger American white dudes that are emerging who can co-opt the same message.

But tariffs across the entire U.S. economy are cool......