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The Long Tail was a profound cultural insight. When we created YouTube, Amazon, Roon, recipe websites and Netflix, the culture changed. When you give people a…

Neither AI nor ads. The problem started with search, and was weaponized by Amazon. Display ads go back at least 100 years. A century ago, the…

Skepticism, surprise and resistance | Seth’s Blog Every important medical innovation of the last five hundred years has been ridiculed, undermined and ignored…

There have always been two sides: Hiring people to do tasks and jobs, or hoping to be hired to do those tasks and jobs. The difference…

Insulation > power | Seth’s Blog When energy is cheap, people build buildings that are poorly insulated. It’s faster and cheaper in the…

Terrible | Seth’s Blog Most of us are terrible at some things. Lack of skill, focus, practice, care or just temperament means that…

One friend recently opened a bookstore instead of a bookmobile. Another is investing two years of his life to open a restaurant instead of a series…

A better mousetrap | Seth’s Blog That’s easy advice and a fine goal. Except… if you look at the last hundred years, we…

Who is Nicole Bennet and why does she keep calling me? A few times a day, a voice pretending to be someone named Nicole rings my…

52 years ago, Apple’s 1984 ad ran on the Super Bowl. Once. It’s generally considered the most effective ad of its kind, creating a legend and…