President of Everything!
YouTube revealed $30B in creator payouts and is incentivizing creators to use “Shorts”, an OnlyFans-like platform connecting foodies with chefs, and more
Dan and Nathan commiserate over their writing slump and strategize how to escape it. Meanwhile, Adam’s essay hits the top of Hacker News! T
News Roundup #16: Andrew Yang bringing hype houses to NYC, Apple launching a paid podcasts, the power law on OnlyFans, and more
And understanding how psychology affects consumer behavior
And the future of social media platforms
What the speaker company’s new music play is really all about
And what the next phase looks like for Teachable
Also: Facebook’s take on short-form music creation, Charli D’Amelio’s distribution power, influencer marketing on Clubhouse, and more
This week on the Divinations podcast, Adam Keesling and I are interviewed by our pal Dan Shipper about our Quibi prediction piece! How to Li
Full transcript of our conversation with Allen
Journalist Alex Kantrowitz on Big Tech’s shifting attitude towards creators
After catching up with the latest from Coinbase and its employees, Nathan tells Dan about his week…which honestly sounds more like a country
My chapter-by-chapter summary, with notes and reactions
Dan and Nathan are both writing about Clay Christensen’s iconic theory of disruption, so we decided the second week of July every year is go
On newsletters, courses, and creator marketing
Preethi Kasireddy on what Ethereum is and how it works
Why are they doing it? And will it work?
Dan and Nathan discuss one of many recent takes on Substack, and try to offer a counterpoint to the idea that newsletter writers need to mak
After reflecting on their expectations for the (extremely successful) Almanack launch, Nathan takes Dan through his new investigation of the
Two theories; one of them good
Hey! Something special today :) I always wanted to release the raw audio of the interviews I do. But part of the magic of the original inter
Dan and Nathan ponder the latest features shipped by Twitter and Instagram, and the reactions to both. At what point do compelling experienc
Dan and Nathan welcome Andre Plaut, creator of The Prediction Game—a competition to predict the events of the coming year for a tantalizing
Three shorts: the strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible.
