Reading
The Acceleration of Addictiveness
Paul Graham on how progress concentrates pleasure faster than customs can keep up. I keep it next to any retention metric that looks too good.
- Paul Graham
Why I saved this
Retention is not automatically a compliment. I reread this when a loop is winning because it is sticky, not because it is useful. The PM job is noticing the difference before the dashboard celebrates.
The original is on paulgraham.com. I am not quoting it at length.