either all that or hes so healthy he will just feel really relaxed, see cool patterns, and not really change much

predictions: 1. he overcomes some trauma from past family life and mormonism he didn't realize was still bothering him 2. feels compelled to pivot to positive branding of healthspan maxing instead of "don't die" 3. realizes avoiding/limiting animal products is hindering his mission and creating unnecessary complexity (hopeful)

dream maxing

don't forget to take some time out of your day to annoy your sisters

Every market eventually crowns a king. @alramadan, author of Play Bigger, explains the difference: kings design markets - competitors build products. He’s worked with Salesforce and Qualtrics and found that 76% of a market’s value goes to the category creator. Copycats split the scraps. So if your pitch is: “Uber for X” “Airbnb for Y” “Robinhood for Z" You’re already fighting over what’s left. In this week's episode of The Library of Minds, we talk about: • A tactical guide for how to create and dominate your own category • Why most startups are trapped in old markets • How Qualtrics grew from surveys to a $27B category • The 13 deadly sins that kill good companies • How AI is changing category design forever 00:00 - Intro: Al Ramadan on Category Design & Play Bigger 02:50 - Founding Quokka Sports and the Birth of a New Category 04:25 - The Magic Triangle: Product, Company, and Category Alignment 07:23 - How Qualtrics Became the King of Experience Management 11:24 - Escaping the Horizontal Tool Trap (and Why Most Startups Fail) 13:05 - Solving Problems People Don’t Know They Have - The Uber Mindset 17:31 - The 13 Deadly Sins of Existing Markets Explained 22:31 - AI’s Impact on Category Design and the Future of Innovation

dear nyc pls read

rip nyc. sf is the only viable city now

robinhood payout is less than half the same bet on kalshi, how

the delphi team is closer than you think

Happy Halloween from the @withdelphi office

waymo on theme today

i'm a west coast guy apparently

Im not a content creator or shitposter, Im just training my @withdelphi

they say 1 in 10 marriages start on Hinge. don’t be a statistic.

you can't h8 on gh desktop if you don't even use vim

eightsleep needs to add a pager duty integration.. for the on-call engineers

what's actually happening in san francisco is following a huge culture shift and a strategic, well-funded, five-year struggle, the city's slowly getting better. in terms of not being run entirely by lunatics, it now stands basically alone among major cities in the country.

What if the Like Button was never shipped?

THE LIBRARY OF MINDS: EPISODE 4 - Stanley Tang (@stanleytang) Co-founder of $DASH and one of the earliest YC founders to scale from dorm room to IPO. Builder, operator, and investor redefining how technology moves the physical world. We discuss: • The unexpected journey from a college project to DoorDash • Overcoming operational challenges with creative solutions • Embracing chaos and innovation • The role of robotics and automation in the future of delivery • Balancing customer experience with rapid scaling Plus: Insights into customer love as a core value, the importance of iteration, and how @DoorDash navigates the complexities of a tech-driven operational business. (00:00) - Intro (01:00) - Who is Stanley Tang (01:29) - Early childhood: computers, curiosity, and a physicist dad (02:46) - The class project that became DoorDash (06:38) - The first real delivery (and how it all began) (09:08) - Product-market fit before software (11:06) - Doing things that don’t scale - to the extreme (15:54) - Competing against consumer behavior (16:25) - How DoorDash built operational excellence (20:01) - Speed vs. quality: finding the right balance (22:53) - Robotics, drones, and the future of delivery (26:58) - The darkest moment (and spending 40% of cash to do what’s right) (30:34) - Chaos never ends - learning to embrace it (31:48) - Training thousands of dashers before automation (33:48) - Closing thoughts + talk to Stanley’s digital mind on Delphi