Top stories published by Quality Works in January of 2016

This, according to Paul Graham, is the single most important principle in Silicon Valley. It means that whatever metric you track, it will tend to improve.

It’s also exactly what is wrong with Silicon Valley.

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A.H. Chu in Quality Works

Jan 6, 2016

Poor and traumatized at Harvard

Due Quach

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Hi Due,

Thanks for this reflection on the class gap in our educational system. It is something I recently have been reflecting on as well.

It reminds me of a recent article in the Atlantic regarding the high number of teenage suicides at Palo Alto High School. A particularly stark datapoint from the…

A.H. Chu in Quality Works

Jan 25, 2016

I’ve done business, politics, and war. Now I’m trying my hand at mobile gaming.

At 83, I Decided to Develop an App

Donald Rumsfeld

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The Consumptive Class and the Irresistible Allure of the Creative

A.H. Chu in Quality Works

Jan 27, 2016

Thoughts on David Foster Wallace and ‘The End of the Tour’

Bret Easton Ellis

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This is Water. This is Oil.

Firstly, Mr. Ellis, I want to say that I respect what you have done in your creative career. As far as I can surmise, you approach your writing and other artistic endeavors (like trying to create a DIY film on a shoe string budget in 20 days) as the crafts they deserve to be. You…

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A.H. Chu in Quality Works

Jan 8, 2016

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Hello Greg. Firstly, kudos to you and the rest of the Medium team for your work.

Medium’s original vision fills a huge need in our modern thought exchange.

The aspiration to be a platform where “it is not about who you are or who you know, but about what you have to say” is a necessity for all the…

A.H. Chu in Quality Works

Jan 23, 2016

On The Value Proposition of Decentralisation

Maciej Olpinski

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Platform or Protocol? Chicken or Egg?

Very thought-provoking stuff thank you (finally some real content!)

I think the core issue as you expressed is one of network effects.

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A.H. Chu in Quality Works

Jan 12, 2016

There is No Such Thing as “Quality”

Ed Petkus Jr.

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Sorry but I think you misunderstand what Robert Pirsig was trying to get across.

I agree quality is overused in a marketing sense but this doesn’t mean the concept doesn’t have tremendous value.

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February 2016

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