The G Wagon, and Your Strategy is Crap
"The truth is whispered while opinions are shouted." - Shane Parrish
Before we head to my weekly picks, I wanted to show you this fun chat I had with Chef Sanjeev Kapoor this week. Hope you'll enjoy it :)
Your Strategy Sounds Nice, But is Useless: Good strategy is about where we will choose to be 10X better (differentiate), where we will be 1X (meet table stakes), where we will be 0.1X (below table stakes), and the rationale for these trade-offs.
https://daily.stoa.com/newsletter/your-strategy-sounds-nice-but-it-is-useless
Does Desalination Promise a Future of Infinite Water: Until very recently, reverse osmosis was extremely expensive, so it was reserved for uses where water is the most valuable, like drinking water in places like Israel, Saudi Arabia, or Dubai. But the cost of reverse osmosis has been shrinking dramatically, and since this trend will continue, it will soon be cheap enough to use in ways we couldn’t imagine before.
The G Wagon: In 1993, after 10 years of hard service, the G started to show its age. A routine request went into the Mercedes dealer for a spare part. The request form mentioned the chassis number. This raised a flag at Mercedes. Argentina had never paid for the consignment! Mercedes demanded the return of their stolen property. RAF personnel pointed out that the G was a spoil of war, and the universal maxim of finders keepers thus applies.
