Essays on management, product, attention, and fiction.https://www.ethanalter.com/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/dialed/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/dialed/The interviewee tells the host that the length of the human attention span has dropped to 47 seconds. That seems long.Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/hierarchy-of-whats/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/hierarchy-of-whats/Everything is a What. Also, a Why. Also, a How. It's the Theory of Whelativity.Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/memory-making/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/memory-making/Film photography memories captured and recalled.Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/where-are-the-products/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/where-are-the-products/Analysis of Paul Graham's 2010 essay and the market opportunity for attention management.Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/the-next-bottleneck/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/the-next-bottleneck/Examines current and future bottlenecks in software development, including the implications of AI.Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/motivation/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/motivation/People-centered leadership and organizational dynamics in the age of cultural disillusionment.Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/urgent-is-not-the-way/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/urgent-is-not-the-way/Corporate overreliance on urgency and its costs to employees, managers, and businesses.Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/dearcat/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/dearcat/An open letter to my mother's cat.Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/flattened/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/flattened/How conformity in work and media reduces individuality.Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/you-wont-remember-this/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/you-wont-remember-this/Knowledge, retention, and screen-based self-help.Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/the-gap-theory-of-success/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/the-gap-theory-of-success/Finding and leveraging systemic vulnerabilities for success.Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/performative-investing/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/performative-investing/Venture capital hype cycles and their evolution.Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/pickup-basketball/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/pickup-basketball/Preference for feedback-rich environments.Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/pmm-principles-1/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/pmm-principles-1/Non-urgent important work and complexity management.Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/defense-against-the-dark-arts/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/defense-against-the-dark-arts/Self-awareness and vulnerability in relationships.Mon, 02 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/the-unnatural-practice-of-attention/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/the-unnatural-practice-of-attention/The natural equilibrium is attentional entropy.Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/program-me/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/program-me/A user story about self-control and personal discipline.Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/valuing-attention/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/valuing-attention/Economic perspectives on attention valuation.Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/thecommunicationproblem/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/thecommunicationproblem/The implications of the Communication Problem are sobering: I'll never fully understand you, you'll never fully understand me, and we should think about how we want to handle that.Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/gulls/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/gulls/Most people live a more carefree life; some small percentage of them, on any given day, will get pooped on.Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ethanalter.com/blog/hello/https://www.ethanalter.com/blog/hello/I'm Ethan, and this is my personal blog.Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT