@BillPescatello Agreed. It’s absurd. Kids freak out if they don’t get A’s and so all the teachers just now give A’s.
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Mike P Lewis
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Mike P Lewis
@MikePLewis
Current: Coach and advisor for startup founders. Past: Frm Product @Airbnb; 3x vc-backed founder @Kapost Book 1:1 time here: https://t.co/gW9f9RdWXU
San Francisco, CA Katılım Şubat 2011
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If you are not paying attention this is everywhere now. Grade inflation is wild. Not sure where it ends.
New York Post@nypost
Long Island high school has record-breaking 21 valedictorians trib.al/yzmUDov
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Just published my weekly set of links that @NedRenzi and I compile
open.substack.com/pub/startuptho…
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Of our @Forbes AI 50 list...forbes.com/lists/ai50/
88% are US-based
64% are Bay Area-based
50% are San Francisco-based
14% are New York City-based
Conclusion...if you're building an AI company, build it in San Francisco
*I live in San Francisco so I'm biased
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Agree 100% with this. Would love to see anyone except OKC take the title.
sharptext.net/2026/what-the-…
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Do you ever stop and realize that all we're doing is creating another being that is going to be smarter than us humans?
We've been the smartest thing on the planet for a while and we're in a big hurry to NOT be the smartest. I can't imagine this ends well
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If I pick in group 1 one year, I pick in group 2 the next.
For the teams picking in
group 1 (1-6), the worst record picks first.
Every team gets a top 6 pick every 5 years.
This separates the draft from the record (removing tanking) but also helping bad teams
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For the NBA tanking issue, the best solution is:
Group all 30 teams into 5 groups of 6 teams. Split the draft order into 5 drafting groups (1-6, 6-12, etc). Each team rotates through the drafting groups yearly. The order in that group is based on record
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Maybe it's because I'm old but I'm walking my face off these days.
I love the latin phrase "solvitur ambulando" which translates to "it is solved by walking" (h/t Mckenzie)
Natural Philosophy@Naturalphilosy
“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.” — Søren Kierkegaard
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Was there this morning. It’s awesome
DaVinci@BiancoDavinci
View from a window at the Mill Valley Public Library in California.
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There are two runways in any company: financial and emotional. With our co's we often see that startups die often not because of lack of money but lack of energy
sam@samdape
a company dies once the funny people leave
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Robert Duvall was a legend. One of my favorite actors. Lonesome Dove was my favorite role of his
#rip #robertduvall
GIF
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Another post of what @NedRenzi and I have read the past week
startupthoughts.substack.com/p/links-from-n…
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Status symbols over 40
· Zero medications
· Wife still loves you
· Kids still want to hang
· Positive outlook on life
· Able to manage emotions
· Zero need to impress others
· You follow your inner compass
· You've got a reason to wake up
· Surrounded by a great community
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I like this idea that your alone time is what impacts and influences your public time
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