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Take misinformation: As big a problem as it is in the United States, the reason it isn’t an even bigger problem is that because of the First Amendment, it has long been understood that the best response to wrong or harmful speech is counterspeech. The country has had a free press and many organizations dedicated to just such counterspeech.
AI Snake Oil
Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor
The premise of that Article is that effective regulation meant distinguishing between Aggregators and Platforms; drawing the distinction between delivery and demand is making the same point in a different way. Aggregators win by consolidating demand; platforms exert dominance by controlling distribution. Search results and social networks are the former; App Stores and access-control are the latter. Not understanding the difference is, as both AT&T and Verizon have learned, exceptionally costly.
Distribution and Demand
stratechery.com
I was one of the CEOs Spencer Stuart interviewed for their research and I awaited their findings with interest. The study’s conclusions made a big impression on my hiring practices. It convinced me to double down on hiring the brightest, most talented people I could find so that we can make the best business decisions as a team. I love how electric energy happens naturally when I get a group of brainy people together to hash something out. The smartest thing I do as a CEO is to make sure that most of the people I hire are smarter than I am.
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
Brad Jacobs
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