Things I read last week… (WB 19 Dec 2022)

Happy holidays!

“Thinking of your startup as "Google-in-miniature" is a common form of startup dysmorphia due to intuition and familiarity: the successful companies that founders are familiar with are already huge and it’s easiest to conceptualize the famous company in its current, post-product market fit state. rather than think through the developmental states it took to get there.”

– Dalton Caldwell on Startup Childhood.

Two Minute Papers on ChatGPT. [YouTube]

Evolution of the Ethereum Proof-of-Stake consensus protocol.

A16Z’s guide to growth metrics.

Stratechery on the history of gaming consoles.

2022's biggest breakthroughs in math. [YouTube]