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Issue 30

Don’t fall into the trap of being an expert before you’re ready. We have enough of those.

A willingness to look stupid

A free, downloadable calendar to help you practice.

Non-fungible tokens offer fundamentally better economics for creators by removing rent-seeking, enabling granular pricing, and reducing customer acquisition costs.

In my last round of edits, right before I publish an article, I have one focus: writing CLEAR sentences. The acronym CLEAR stands for: Create a rhythm Link your sentences Eliminate anything that adds confusion Add colorful details Remove unnecessary details I’ll describe each in turn. Create a Rhythm: Great writing has rhythm. It’s like

Writing like you talk is good advice because it forces you to write clearly. But follow the advice too closely and your sentences will suffer.

There are two kinds of articles: Clear Thesis articles where you know exactly what you’re going to say before you start writing, and Foggy Intuition ones where writing helps you discover what you think. Foggy Intuition articles are harder because you have to start writing before you have the answers. Since you don’t know how

I often get asked "Why Bitcoin vs Ethereum." This article sets out to define my thoughts on the difference between the two, and why I think Bitcoin represents a distinctly different risk/reward profile than Ethereum.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker want each episode of South Park to have a sense of cause and effect, tension and rising action. To do that, they’ve studied the science of effective storytelling.

Naval Ravikant and Sahil Lavingia discuss making money, becoming successful, being happy, and much more.

Though the NFT sale can generate a lot of money, the artists become defenders of the altcoin system.

Something I explained to my 12 yo: When you're a little kid, your parents create your environment. Then there's a second stage where your peers do. Then for ambitious people there's a third stage where you create your own environment by choosing your own peers.— Paul Graham (@paulg) February 28, 2021

What can writers learn from Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders?

including a look at the typical price range, why it's a good idea to offer promotional pricing to early subscribers, and how to handle monthly vs. annual pricing.

I don’t want to pretend like I’m too good for ugliness, for effort, when I know very well that it’s the price that unlocks everything beautiful in the world.

Email consultant Dan Oshinsky has launched newsletters for the New Yorker and BuzzFeed — and he's learned a few things about how to do email right.