The Learning Curve

Understanding network effects and its use in today's interconnected world. Read on hasmukhkerai.com Read time: 4 mins Hi Reader, Today, we're diving into network effects. I've seen it applied in various professional formats: from franchised language schools and industrial machine distributors to employee wellness programs in large organisations. It's around us more than we know, yet often underestimated. This strategic concept is used extensively in today's highly connected world, whether...

Read time: 5 mins Hi Reader, So many of us are beginning to sound like ChatGPT. Not in the obvious ways. Not—the—em—dash—discourse. Not one particular word. I mean the shape of the writing: the tidy hook, the clean list, the neat ending that makes you nod… and then forget it existed. This matters because attention is human. And humans have a radar for effort. When we sense there’s no person behind the words, we don’t engage. We stop trusting it. “We expect more from technology and less from...

Temps de lectura: 5 mins Hi Reader, Tants de nosaltres comencem a sonar com ChatGPT. No en els detalls evidents. No—en—el—debat—de—l’em—guió. No per una paraula concreta. Em refereixo a la forma del text: el ganxo polit, la llista neta, el final rodó que et fa assentir… i que oblides dos segons després. Això importa perquè l’atenció és humana. I els humans tenim radar per l’esforç. Quan notem que darrere les paraules no hi ha ningú, no connectem. Ens desconfiem. “N’esperem més de la...

Temps de lectura: 4 mins Hola Reader, El 2025 sembla l'any en què finalment tots sabem per què les xarxes socials són tan addictives. El correu d'avui no tracta d'això. Però, aquesta mateixa cosa és també la raó per la qual abandonem els nostres projectes i objectius que requereixen temps. "Quan res no sembla ajudar, vaig a mirar un picapedrer que colpeja la seva roca amb el martell, potser un centenar de vegades, sense que s’hi vegi ni una esquerda. I, tanmateix, al cop cent u es parteix en...

Read time: 4 mins Hi Reader, 2025 feels like the year we all finally know why social media sites are so addictive. Today's newsletter isn't about that. But, this same thing is also the reason we abandon our projects and goals that require time. From the experts "When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not...

Read time: 5 mins Hi Reader, For two years now I've been writing about digital habits, algorithms and attention. I've given talks, shared articles, and shared examples from around the world. There was always one thing missing - local data. Not a report from Silicon Valley or generic stuff about "young people and screens". I'd love for Jonathan Haidt to come to Manresa for a coffee. Until then, I'll do whats within my reach. I'll listen to people from the local area. People who work, live, and...

Temps de lectura: 5 mins Hola Reader, Fa dos anys que escric sobre hàbits digitals, algoritmes i atenció. He donat xerrades, he compartit articles, he portat exemples de tot el món… i hi havia una cosa que faltava: dades d’aquí. No de Silicon Valley. No d’estudis genèrics sobre “els joves i les pantalles”. I ja m'agradaria que vingui el Jonathan Haidt a fer un cafè als Til·lers amb mi. Fins llavors, faig el que puc. Escolto la gent de Manresa, Bages i Catalunya Central. De la gent que viu,...

Captura records pensant en com els voldràs reviure demà, no només en com els comparteixes avui. Temps de lectura: 6 mins Hola Reader, Últimament estic parant més atenció a com capturem i revisitem els records personals, sobretot aquells que gravem sense pensar-hi gaire. Vaig començar amb un petit canvi a casa i es va convertir en una curiositat sobre com mirem, compartim i fins i tot arxivem els moments que realment importen. És curiós com és tan fàcil documentar la vida i, al mateix temps,...

Capture memories how you'll want to relive them later, not share them today. Read time: 5 mins Hi Reader, I’ve been paying more attention recently to how we capture and revisit personal memories, especially the ones we record without thinking. It started with a small shift at home and grew into a bigger curiosity about how we watch, share, and even archive the moments that matter. There’s something interesting about how easy it has become to document life, yet how little we consider the...