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Benefit of Doubt Calculus

Benefit of Doubt Calculus

Conflict postures, playbooks, and paywalls

Venkatesh Rao
May 10, 2024
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Last week’s issue on war rooms and peace rooms triggered a Doh! moment for me. I’ve long been wondering about the logic by which I divide my writing across my blog (ribbonfarm) and this newsletter (ribbonfarm studio). The writing here is easier to do, but the writing on the blog is more fun to do. I used to think the divide was an R&D one — blog for stu…

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