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Ben Mathes

Less Supernatural, More Unknown

epistemic status: A lot of these ideas are likely remixed from past great thinkers like Jung, Aquinas, etc. These ideas were a view-quake…

5 min readSep 18, 2019

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Less Supernatural, More Unknown

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Ben Mathes

Health Might Be Ready

Why should you listen to me?

7 min readJun 6, 2019

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Ben Mathes

No, That’s not Product/Market Fit

Imagine you look for a startup job. Startups are often exciting places to work. You might get 10 years of experience in only 3. Will this…

3 min readNov 29, 2018

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Ben Mathes

Employees Risk More

VCs scrutinize a company before they invest. VCs spread their risk across multiple investments. VCs invest money into startups. You invest…

2 min readNov 5, 2018

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Ben Mathes

Unreliable Good-Faith Advice

I just listened to an interview of Tyler Cowen. I usually love listening to Tyler, and this was no exception. His self-teaching hunger…

3 min readSep 18, 2018

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Ben Mathes

When we had american teenagers work in the fields, they quit.

Turns out we tried to cut off Mexican farm work once. It was a disaster.

2 min readAug 29, 2018

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When we had american teenagers work in the fields, they quit.

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Ben Mathes

Prediction Market Replication Bounties

Science, especially psychology and social psychology, is in a replication crisis.

3 min readAug 29, 2018

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Prediction Market Replication Bounties

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Ben Mathes

The Murky Phase: Pollution and Data

Epistemic Status: Cautiously optimistic about a very broad theory of economic revolutions.

3 min readAug 28, 2018

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Ben Mathes

90 Days and My Six-Figure Mistake

Have you missed the ongoing debate on employee equity and exercise windows? Many top people are talking about it. And there are lively…

3 min readNov 14, 2016

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90 Days and My Six-Figure Mistake

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Ben Mathes

Unsolicited Advice to San Franciscans

Inspired by this typo-ridden piece for New Yorkers, HT to Brendan, some of this is serious, some of it is snark (I’ll throw those in…

6 min readJan 5, 2016

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Ben Mathes

Ben Mathes

I make new products in complicated environments. Product/Eng in tech. Studied Math/CS/Econ. Play in mountains and on courts. mathes.ben@gmail.com

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