#043 - Michael Mayer on Self-Disgust, Media, Tech, Failure, & Durability
Description
Michael Mayer is the co-founder and CEO of Bottomless and owner of a popular pseudonymous Twitter account. We talk about Twitter and media, habits and cultivating a sense of disgust, failure, technology and startups, distinguishing what’s important from the noise, and more.
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(00:56 ) Caring too much about social media & audiences; taking a year off Twitter
(05:23 ) Changing habits & cultivating a refined sense of disgust
(10:09 ) Leaving Twitter leaves a hole in your habit structure; news, reading, silence
(15:25 ) Habits
(21:28 ) Planning too far out in startups is harmful
(25:37 ) Failing is painful but uncertainty is where the rewards are
(34:43 ) The media’s portrayal of innovators & change makers
(45:08 ) Just make a better product
(48:28 ) AI is advantageous for the incumbents, unless you find a different use case
(52:45 ) Every company is a series of companies
(56:35 ) AI CRM
(59:23 ) Spaced repetition social network
(01:03:43 ) Not paying attention to the news; Redirect energy from “the current thing” to something more productive
(01:09:58 ) Decide what's fundamental & interesting vs. a fad
(01:18:03 ) Think for yourself
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Michael’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/micjm
Bottomless: https://www.bottomless.com/
Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/SP1NS1R
Spencer’s Blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com
United States
