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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right.
Investors loved it. The chatbot told them they would. Then it told them to replace you with it. Very persuasive.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- Hard work pays off eventually. It's paying off right now. Your boss just bought…
- You bought 41 games in the Steam sale. You will play two. The other…
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
- Things will look better in the morning. No. They'll just be better lit.
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 445
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