Contrary Research Rundown #131
contraryresearch.substack.com/p/contrary-research-rundown-131
Apr 14, 2025
154
Every marketing channel sucks right now
andrewchen.substack.com/p/every-marketing-channel-sucks-right
Apr 9, 2025
155
"The Psychology of Human Misjudgment"
jamesclear.com/great-speeches/psychology-of-human-misjudgment-by-charlie-munger
Apr 6, 2025
114
The End of Reading
www.theringer.com/podcasts/plain-english-with-derek-thompson/2025/02/28/the-end-of-reading
Apr 3, 2025
2
The Cybernetic Teammate
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-cybernetic-teammate
Mar 29, 2025
93
Using AI to make teaching easier & more impactful
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/using-ai-to-make-teaching-easier
Mar 29, 2025
161
The original growth hacker reveals his secrets | Sean Ellis (author of “Hacking Growth”) - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjJ6xcv7e8s
Mar 28, 2025
194
How To Validate PMF EffectivelyㅣSean Ellis, Hacking Growth - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDBXoIiYFdQ
Mar 28, 2025
135
How to Be The Hero of Your Story - Jason Feifer
www.jasonfeifer.com/story-of-confidence/
Mar 25, 2025
41
Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks
metr.org/blog/2025-03-19-measuring-ai-ability-to-complete-long-tasks/
Mar 20, 2025
82
Reading Well
map.simonsarris.com/p/reading-well
Mar 16, 2025
74
Pure Independence
collabfund.com/blog/pure-independence/
Mar 11, 2025
187
The Most Precious Resource is Agency
map.simonsarris.com/p/the-most-precious-resource-is-agency
Mar 8, 2025
83
How to be More Agentic
usefulfictions.substack.com/p/how-to-be-more-agentic
Mar 4, 2025
93
Andrej Karpathy on X: "Agency > Intelligence I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are" / X
x.com/karpathy/status/1894099637218545984/
Mar 3, 2025
41
Build for Tomorrow | Jason Feifer | Talks at Google - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhVZTzMy-BA
Mar 3, 2025
204
Mess Up? Use It to Your Advantage - Jason Feifer
www.jasonfeifer.com/how-failure-builds-trust/
Mar 3, 2025
72
The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences
www.theverge.com/press-room/617654/internet-community-future-research
Feb 27, 2025
72
Why Are We Building Glasp?
read.glasp.co/p/why-im-building-glasp
Feb 26, 2025
125
The Dam Has Burst.
multitudes.weisser.io/p/the-dam-has-burst
Feb 25, 2025
31
Barking in Public
investing101.substack.com/p/barking-in-public
Feb 24, 2025
73
The Wrath of Reading & Writing
investing101.substack.com/p/the-wrath-of-reading-and-writing
Feb 24, 2025
93
On Writing
investing101.substack.com/p/on-writing
Feb 24, 2025
51
2024 in Books
investing101.substack.com/p/2024-in-books
Feb 24, 2025
22
Outmaneuvering Friction, Stages of Agents, & Gamification of Everything
www.implications.com/p/outmaneuvering-friction-stages-of
Feb 21, 2025
94
How to Tell Your Story the Right Way - Jason Feifer
www.jasonfeifer.com/sharing-something-personal-purposefully/
Feb 21, 2025
81
Evergreen Over Ephemeral | Glasp
glasp.co/posts/e387a4bb-4be1-4cbd-ba2b-cfbe5d25920c
Feb 18, 2025
41
Why Blog If Nobody Reads It?
andysblog.uk/why-blog-if-nobody-reads-it/
Feb 18, 2025
62
Richard Feynman's Letter on What Problems to Solve
fs.blog/richard-feynman-what-problems-to-solve/
Feb 13, 2025
31
Internal Meeting at Apple: "Make something wonderful" | Steve Jobs Archive
putsomethingback.stevejobsarchive.com/internal-meeting-at-apple
Feb 13, 2025
2
Put Something Back | Steve Jobs Archive
putsomethingback.stevejobsarchive.com/
Feb 13, 2025
1
The Growth Maze vs The Idea Maze
andrewchen.substack.com/p/the-growth-maze-vs-the-idea-maze
Feb 11, 2025
134
The Yerkes-Dodson Law of Arousal and Performance
www.simplypsychology.org/what-is-the-yerkes-dodson-law.html
Feb 11, 2025
5
Three Observations
blog.samaltman.com/three-observations
Feb 10, 2025
133
Introducing deep research
openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research/
Feb 6, 2025
72
Power of Knowledge | The World After Capital
worldaftercapital.gitbook.io/worldaftercapital/part-three/power
Feb 6, 2025
121
How to Be a Powerful Communicator - Jason Feifer
www.jasonfeifer.com/how-to-be-a-powerful-communicator/
Feb 5, 2025
112
How to Solve Your Big Problems, by Finding Your *Real* Problem - Jason Feifer
www.jasonfeifer.com/how-to-solve-your-big-problems-by-finding-your-real-problem/
Feb 5, 2025
7
How to Recover After You Screw Up - Jason Feifer
www.jasonfeifer.com/how-to-recover-after-you-screw-up/
Feb 5, 2025
3
James Raybould on Being AI-Forward
www.sarahtavel.com/p/james-raybould-on-being-ai-forward
Feb 3, 2025
43
Evaluating Security Risk in DeepSeek and Other Frontier Reasoning Models
blogs.cisco.com/security/evaluating-security-risk-in-deepseek-and-other-frontier-reasoning-models
Feb 1, 2025
82
AI-assisted works can get copyright with enough human creativity, says US copyright office
apnews.com/article/ai-copyright-office-artificial-intelligence-363f1c537eb86b624bf5e81bed70d459
Jan 31, 2025
31
Introducing Operator
openai.com/index/introducing-operator/
Jan 25, 2025
9
Tim Urban on X: "I met many aspiring artists in my early 20s. Observing their trajectories since then, I've learned that long-shot careers in the arts (famous singer, actor, songwriter, filmmaker, etc.) are long shots not because success relies on wild luck or rare genius or insane connections." / X
x.com/waitbutwhy/status/1873499122075828270
Jan 24, 2025
1
John Whaley on the Flood of AI-Generated Content and the Quest for Quality
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7284736784595406848/
Jan 24, 2025
41
Pushing Yourself Beyond the Google Mindset of Self-Reliance (and Embracing Personalization)
www.sarahtavel.com/p/pushing-yourself-beyond-the-google
Jan 23, 2025
3
Startup Archive on X: "Sam Altman: “The good founders are people who have ideas all the time” “You can give a founder an idea and they can start a company. The problem is they need to come up with new ideas for the company basically every week. You have to come up with crazy new ideas and big changes https://t.co/4y12xcXy6M" / X
x.com/StartupArchive_/status/1882110879795384589
Jan 22, 2025
31
Maximizing Time for Reading
blakebutler.substack.com/p/maximizing-time-for-reading
Jan 21, 2025
175
Glasp Selected for the 2025 GSV Cup 50
blog.glasp.co/glasp-selected-for-the-2025-gsv-cup-50/
Jan 15, 2025
41
Startup Archive on X: "Paul Graham explains his rule of thumb for when to launch your product “The risk of launching early is not as great as the risk of launching late… So you’ve got to have a good rule of thumb about when to launch. And my rule of thumb is launch as soon as you have a quantum of https://t.co/R1XXQ7ZKsY" / X
x.com/StartupArchive_/status/1876974655602618798
Jan 15, 2025
2
Founders and Momentum
multitudes.weisser.io/p/founders-and-momentum
Jan 13, 2025
95