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Social Studies is a semi-weekly newsletter for tech workers looking to stay up on the news and build more human-centered products.

I synthesize the most important developments in tech and share frameworks from psychology, economics, and other social sciences to better understand them.

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Monthly roundups of the most interesting discussions, debates and advice on Tech Twitter.

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Reviews of the most valuable concepts in the social sciences with case studies relating them to tech.

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👉 What Happened On Tech Twitter in May 2020

5 crazy things Elon Musk did, A 2-person company valued at $100M, Solidarity with BLM, Remote workers are coming for your job, and more!

✨ Metaphors We Build By

How a theory in cognitive linguistics explains the future of unicorn meat and augmented reality

🤔 Lenny Rachitsky's thoughts on product, newsletters and working with humans

Tech Twitter's most helpful person has a lot to say

👉 The US Tik Tok Ban & The Future of Online Society

How destabilizing US-China relations and cancel culture will drive ideological segregation online and IRL

💰 Free Startup Ideas From Tech Twitter

Quibi for financial literacy, 5 dating app ideas, and 1 idea from Balaji he'll give you $1000 BTC to build today

👉 The Unbundling of Harvard Has Begun

COVID19 has driven universities online but they can't compete with modern influencer-lead alternatives

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