Published inWestenbergBet on Systems, Not SparksInspiration is unreliable. Systems aren’t.2d ago42d ago4
Published inWestenbergNotes from the Exit: Why I Left the Attention EconomyWhat Happens When You Stop Competing for Eyeballs4d ago234d ago23
Published inWestenbergAvoiding Stupidity Beats Chasing BrillianceWe’re addicted to genius. We obsess over the wunderkind solving quantum equations at nine, the dropout who IPOs from his garage, the hedge…Apr 1710Apr 1710
Published inWestenbergHow Small Networks Build Stronger IdeasPopularity kills good ideas.Apr 1514Apr 1514
Published inWestenbergWhy Hitler Slept Through D-DayOn the morning of June 6th, 1944, Hitler was sound asleep.Apr 1422Apr 1422
Published inWestenbergWhy Smart People Follow Cheap GurusWhen intellect becomes the gateway drug for ideological captureApr 1121Apr 1121
Published inWestenbergThe Zeigarnik Engine: Turning Open Loops into MomentumWe are not wired for closure.Apr 97Apr 97
Published inWestenbergWhy Are All the Smart People So Bad at History?Intelligence without memory breeds nonsense.Apr 73Apr 73
Published inWestenbergThe Roganification of the Male MystiqueMasculinity collapsed. The algorithm stepped in. Now we need a new myth.Apr 425Apr 425
Published inWestenbergStop Conflating Genius With AssholeSomewhere between Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, we started believing that in order to be brilliant, you had to be unbearable. That cruelty…Apr 27Apr 27
