Nathan Baschez is the cofounder and CEO of AI word processor Lex. He cofounded Every, was the first employee at Substack, and co-created Product Hunt.
Why is there so much animosity between the tech industry and journalists? Dan and Nathan try to sort through the muck.
Nathan walks Dan through the ideas and strategy behind his new Divinations series, Three Shorts. How do you get from the Zone of Ignorance t
Journalist Alex Kantrowitz on Big Tech’s shifting attitude towards creators
Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy
Hey! Something special today :) I always wanted to release the raw audio of the interviews I do. But part of the magic of the original inter
Three shorts: the strategy behind the news, in as few bullet points as possible.
She distills the secrets of the world's most successful people & companies
Welcome to Means of Creation!Every Friday, Li and Nathan interview a guest in the passion economy — founders, creators and operators who are
In a follow-up to their conversation with executive coach Brian Wang last episode, Dan and Nathan discuss addressing small pain points — bot
Two new things this week for subscribers! I narrated an audio version of this article just for paying subscribers like you. I’m going to do
And the future of social media platforms
What the speaker company’s new music play is really all about
Also in Three Shorts: Amazon buying Wondery, and Calm's $2b valuation
Dan and Nathan talk about helping Chris Bosh launch a newsletter: The Last Chip.
Dan and Nathan are both writing about Clay Christensen’s iconic theory of disruption, so we decided the second week of July every year is go
This week on the Divinations podcast, Adam Keesling and I are interviewed by our pal Dan Shipper about our Quibi prediction piece! How to Li
Dan and Nathan process Coinbase’s decision to disengage from any political issues outside their core focus. What were they trying to do? Wha
I'm interviewing Li Jin and Adam Davidson on Friday!
Also: Facebook’s take on short-form music creation, Charli D’Amelio’s distribution power, influencer marketing on Clubhouse, and more
Or, why friendly ambitious nerds will change the world
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This is a subscriber-only audio edition of the most recent Divinations essay: “Does Sonos have a moat?” It’s narrated and edited by me, Nath
Read to the end for live streaming insights for music creators
YouTube revealed $30B in creator payouts and is incentivizing creators to use “Shorts”, an OnlyFans-like platform connecting foodies with chefs, and more
