Divinations

Get smarter about business strategy.

Oct 19, 2022

How Lex Happened

25,000 users in 24 hours

Mar 1, 2023

How Ideas Grow

Narratives have network effects

May 21, 2020

The open podcast ecosystem is dying — here’s how to save it.

It’s time to compete. Not complain.

Nov 23, 2022

My Philosophy of Product Building

Mastering the art of 0 to 1

Aug 24, 2022

⚠️ Time to BeWorried ⚠️

Viral photo app BeReal has a unique feature, but not a unique network.

Oct 13, 2021

How Memes Control Everything

The Economics of Belief Transmission

Oct 12, 2022

Will the Metaverse replace PCs?

Meta thinks it will, and they are betting everything on it.

Mar 8, 2023

Book Review: Mastery

How to gain serenity *and* success with one weird trick (care less about results, and learn to love the process)

Jun 29, 2022

What kind of company do you want to build?

Scale, speed, or freedom: choose two

Oct 26, 2022

Writing with Machines

How AI will—and won’t—change writing

Feb 1, 2023

The Endgame for AI-generated Writing

What will happen to the internet?

Jan 25, 2023

Advice for Building in AI

Separating the signal from the noise

Feb 2, 2022

The Psychology of Strategy

How to see what you aren't seeing

Sep 13, 2021

Overcoming Web3 Bias

How to navigate strange new paradigms that could change everything—unless they don’t.

Sep 21, 2022

Figma’s Layered Lessons

Or, how to learn something useful from big events

Jul 10, 2021

The Inner Ring of The Internet

Hi, Nathan here! It’s been too long, I know!! I’ve got a big piece on product wedges coming out next week, but today I am so excited to shar

Oct 5, 2022

Good Positioning Makes Everything Easier

Here’s how to do it well

Sep 14, 2022

What is a Business?

An expansive question that has surprisingly practical value

Mar 22, 2022

Screw it, I’m investing in Peloton

I’m in at $22.51—we’ll see what happens next.

Feb 22, 2023

Five AI Products You Can Build With GPT-3 Today

I’m surprised these don’t exist yet

Dec 14, 2022

How to Prioritize a Roadmap

10 theses for building better products

Apr 5, 2023

Updating iOS for the AI Era

Apple has two choices: adapt or die

Feb 8, 2023

Chatbots’ Time Has Come. Why Now?

Narratives have network effects

May 6, 2022

Map of a Downturn

Untangling the complex causal chain that makes good times go bad