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Status quo bias is usually justified
Generally, we know more about the status quo then about anything else.
Jun 8, 2024
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Amadeus Pagel
December 2023
Vertical Integration is Economics not Engineering
The integration of hardware and software is the holy grail for tech companies.
Dec 21, 2023
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Amadeus Pagel
The Case Against The Desktop
Richard Sapper once designed a TV with a handle.
Dec 13, 2023
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Amadeus Pagel
November 2023
The Effect of Piracy on the Tech Media Ecosystem
There are as many highly paid people working in tech as in finance, but they do not support any equivalent to the FT or Bloomberg, any publication with…
Nov 24, 2023
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Amadeus Pagel
YouTube’s TikTok Clone
Open YouTube on desktop, see a row of “Shorts” and imagine a 40 y/o product manager wondering what to do about TikTok.
Nov 7, 2023
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Amadeus Pagel
October 2023
The Tragedy of Twitter
tragedy n. the story of a hero brought down by a fatal flaw
Oct 24, 2023
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Amadeus Pagel
Bad Speech
Bad speech is not the same as false speech.
Oct 11, 2023
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Amadeus Pagel
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September 2023
The Limits of the Existence Proof Argument for General Intelligence
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
Sep 19, 2023
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Amadeus Pagel
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The Sheet Music Tradition
Classical composers from J.
Sep 6, 2023
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Amadeus Pagel
August 2023
Moralizing Convenience
Before Spotify, it was common for people to convince themselves that they were pirating music to stick it to the labels, who were supposedly treating…
Aug 19, 2023
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Amadeus Pagel
July 2023
Why Germany Quit Nuclear Power
When the Fukushima disaster happened, germany was ruled by a center-right coalition out of the conservative CDU and the liberal FDP.
Jul 20, 2023
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Amadeus Pagel
Dark and light mode are not symmetrical
The terms dark mode and light mode sound symmetrical.
Jul 3, 2023
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Amadeus Pagel
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