Anytime you read an insane viewpoint on X that seems like a lot of people are agreeing with (for example, invading a sovereign country can be justified): Try and search their name on Linkedin or Instagram and see if they’re actually real people. You will be surprised how much of your worldview is shaped by bots.

There are basically two types of apps you can build: A. Durable Apps: The entire business is focused on continued, repeat engagement. Growth creates perpetual value for the business. B. Paywall-Ad Arbitrage Apps: The business model is primarily people forgetting to cancel subscriptions. They have identified a unique ad channel that has profitable yield, but retention is basically non-existent. These can still be valuable to society, but that value to people is finite—and so is the arbitrage opportunity. Both ventures have their own merits and you can make life-changing money with either. However, the absolute last thing you should is raise outside funding for Type B. All too often a founder will get swept up in TechCrunch headlines and think that is what they should be doing. You may hang out in the same circles as venture-backed founders—but they are playing a fundamentally different game. If you do raise funding, the only people dumber than you is your investors.