Eric Ries
@ericries.bsky.social
Trying to change how startups are built
formerly @ericries on the bird app
formerly @ericries on the bird app
Congratulations to @jasoncrawford.org - looking forward to reading this in book form when it comes out
My essay series The Techno-Humanist Manifesto has concluded, and you can read the whole thing online.
I’m pleased to announce that the series will be revised for publication as a book from MIT Press (expected early 2027)!
newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/the-techno...
I’m pleased to announce that the series will be revised for publication as a book from MIT Press (expected early 2027)!
newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/the-techno...
The Techno-Humanist Manifesto, wrapup and publishing announcement
Revised version to be published by MIT Press
newsletter.rootsofprogress.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Congratulations to @jasoncrawford.org - looking forward to reading this in book form when it comes out
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I have no problem with Cuban taking 100,000 angry Quote Posts to the face, if it means that even 1 extra person avoids bankruptcy and homelessness because they heard about a way to make their medicine just "really" expensive instead of "I will lose my house!" expensive.
Seriously. He can take it.
Seriously. He can take it.
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I have no problem with Cuban taking 100,000 angry Quote Posts to the face, if it means that even 1 extra person avoids bankruptcy and homelessness because they heard about a way to make their medicine just "really" expensive instead of "I will lose my house!" expensive.
Seriously. He can take it.
Seriously. He can take it.
Important finding that contradicts how most young people are counseled and coached
Really interesting research showing that while ultra-specialization in a single discipline might lead to better results early in one’s career, multi-discipline training and practice pays off big time in the long run. This applies to a range of professions from scientists to athletes and more
Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance
Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...
www.science.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Important finding that contradicts how most young people are counseled and coached
Nothing to see here
Cross-posting this one from METR. If you've seen this graph before, you're probably going to be pretty interested in the new update.
If you've never seen this graph before, please just ignore this post. Just a guy and his charts, nothing to see here.
If you've never seen this graph before, please just ignore this post. Just a guy and his charts, nothing to see here.
December 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Nothing to see here
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An absolute must read. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, is one of the books that I read while I brought ANLMG into power. @ericries.bsky.social thank you for this masterpiece, it helped a lot.
#LeanStartup #Startups #Entrepreneur #Business #BookSky
#LeanStartup #Startups #Entrepreneur #Business #BookSky
December 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
An absolute must read. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, is one of the books that I read while I brought ANLMG into power. @ericries.bsky.social thank you for this masterpiece, it helped a lot.
#LeanStartup #Startups #Entrepreneur #Business #BookSky
#LeanStartup #Startups #Entrepreneur #Business #BookSky
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What if technology didn’t feel so… hollow?
Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What if technology didn’t feel so… hollow?
Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)
resonantcomputing.org
This is a plot point in Naomi Alderman’s book The Future
A novel new study finds you can reduce polarization on X simply with a simple change to the algorithm. I spoke with the researchers: www.platformer.news/stanford-pol...
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This is a plot point in Naomi Alderman’s book The Future
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Celebrating books that started my career 📚:
The Lean Startup by @ericries.bsky.social.
This book made it so clear why startups (when done correctly) can move so much faster, and I instantly knew this was the kind of environment I'd thrive in - and I still do to this day!
This book made it so clear why startups (when done correctly) can move so much faster, and I instantly knew this was the kind of environment I'd thrive in - and I still do to this day!
November 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Celebrating books that started my career 📚:
The Lean Startup by @ericries.bsky.social.
This book made it so clear why startups (when done correctly) can move so much faster, and I instantly knew this was the kind of environment I'd thrive in - and I still do to this day!
This book made it so clear why startups (when done correctly) can move so much faster, and I instantly knew this was the kind of environment I'd thrive in - and I still do to this day!
@howard.fm now on O'Reilly: www.oreilly.com/radar/build-...
Build to Last
Chris Lattner on Software Craftsmanship and AI
www.oreilly.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@howard.fm now on O'Reilly: www.oreilly.com/radar/build-...
Most companies scale by cutting corners. Seth Goldman built a brand by refusing to.
Seth is one of the founders of Honest Tea, a longtime chair at Beyond Meat, and the cofounder of Just Iced Tea.
Seth is one of the founders of Honest Tea, a longtime chair at Beyond Meat, and the cofounder of Just Iced Tea.
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Most companies scale by cutting corners. Seth Goldman built a brand by refusing to.
Seth is one of the founders of Honest Tea, a longtime chair at Beyond Meat, and the cofounder of Just Iced Tea.
Seth is one of the founders of Honest Tea, a longtime chair at Beyond Meat, and the cofounder of Just Iced Tea.
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Red Queen Bio is "is trying to make sure the AI industry's defenses are growing at least as rapidly as those who seek to exploit models to harm humans".
www.reuters.com/technology/o...
I hope to see a lot more companies and non-profits started with this kind of mission. Also love the PBC trend.
www.reuters.com/technology/o...
I hope to see a lot more companies and non-profits started with this kind of mission. Also love the PBC trend.
www.reuters.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Red Queen Bio is "is trying to make sure the AI industry's defenses are growing at least as rapidly as those who seek to exploit models to harm humans".
www.reuters.com/technology/o...
I hope to see a lot more companies and non-profits started with this kind of mission. Also love the PBC trend.
www.reuters.com/technology/o...
I hope to see a lot more companies and non-profits started with this kind of mission. Also love the PBC trend.
Counting down the top caves in the US that are not (yet) named for a prominent politician or statesman.
5. Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada - Beautiful limestone cavern with intricate formations.
5. Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada - Beautiful limestone cavern with intricate formations.
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Counting down the top caves in the US that are not (yet) named for a prominent politician or statesman.
5. Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada - Beautiful limestone cavern with intricate formations.
5. Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada - Beautiful limestone cavern with intricate formations.
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The combo of walled-garden social media and AI replacing search means the death of the useful/open/free internet. Why would anyone create anything when it will just be summarized by AI and no one will ever see it? When social media deprecates outbound links, how will anyone find original content?
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The combo of walled-garden social media and AI replacing search means the death of the useful/open/free internet. Why would anyone create anything when it will just be summarized by AI and no one will ever see it? When social media deprecates outbound links, how will anyone find original content?
Most companies optimize for profit. Devoted Health was built to serve people.
In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I sit down with Todd Park, co-founder of Devoted Health and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, to explore what it looks like to design a company for human flourishing at scale.
In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I sit down with Todd Park, co-founder of Devoted Health and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, to explore what it looks like to design a company for human flourishing at scale.
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Most companies optimize for profit. Devoted Health was built to serve people.
In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I sit down with Todd Park, co-founder of Devoted Health and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, to explore what it looks like to design a company for human flourishing at scale.
In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I sit down with Todd Park, co-founder of Devoted Health and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, to explore what it looks like to design a company for human flourishing at scale.
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Seeing Ann Leckie make this point on here is kind of breaking my brain because she wrote a 1200 page trilogy with this idea as one of the major themes lol. Go check out Ancillary Justice if you like scifi because it rules.
I suspect that the techbros who read the SFF stories about robots rebelling decided that the moral of the story was "design them so they won't" and they think that's actually possible and desirable.
side point but the idea that if you make a human grade robot intellect it will do whatever you say without protest seems underexamined
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Seeing Ann Leckie make this point on here is kind of breaking my brain because she wrote a 1200 page trilogy with this idea as one of the major themes lol. Go check out Ancillary Justice if you like scifi because it rules.
This is a chronic problem in all kinds of metrics-obsessed systems (OKRs, compensation, engagement, etc). We easily draw conclusions about cause and effect without double-checking the intermediate steps in the causality.
cc @sethgodin.bsky.social's work on false proxies
cc @sethgodin.bsky.social's work on false proxies
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
October 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is a chronic problem in all kinds of metrics-obsessed systems (OKRs, compensation, engagement, etc). We easily draw conclusions about cause and effect without double-checking the intermediate steps in the causality.
cc @sethgodin.bsky.social's work on false proxies
cc @sethgodin.bsky.social's work on false proxies
In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I sit down with Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, co-founders of Beekman 1802, to explore how a small act of compassion grew into a multimillion-dollar skincare brand rooted in community and purpose.
October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In this episode of The Eric Ries Show, I sit down with Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, co-founders of Beekman 1802, to explore how a small act of compassion grew into a multimillion-dollar skincare brand rooted in community and purpose.
this was a good reminder, for anyone still dealing with Office subscription pain
I keep seeing friends who aren't thrilled that Word is newly enshittified. At the risk of sounding like one of Those Guys, there is a magnificent, full featured, entirely free alternative called Libre Office that works on all platforms. I've used it exclusively for over a decade.
October 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
this was a good reminder, for anyone still dealing with Office subscription pain
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No startups, no science: How the Republican Administration switched off America's most important engine of economic success.
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Steve Blank No Science, No Startups: The Innovation Engine We’re Switching Off
Tons of words have been written about the Trump Administrations war on Science in Universities. But few people have asked what, exactly, is science? How does it work? Who are the scientists? What d…
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October 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
No startups, no science: How the Republican Administration switched off America's most important engine of economic success.
steveblank.com/2025/10/13/n...
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I purchased this on launch day - very excited to read it. Ken Liu is a phenomenal writer.
PS. If you haven't read The Grace of Kings you're really missing out.
PS. If you haven't read The Grace of Kings you're really missing out.
It's launch day for the US edition of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM!
What is the future for human art in the age of AI? What kind of AI is actually helpful? These are some of the questions driving this techno-thriller.
Get it from wherever you prefer to get your books.
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social
What is the future for human art in the age of AI? What kind of AI is actually helpful? These are some of the questions driving this techno-thriller.
Get it from wherever you prefer to get your books.
@sagapressbooks.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I purchased this on launch day - very excited to read it. Ken Liu is a phenomenal writer.
PS. If you haven't read The Grace of Kings you're really missing out.
PS. If you haven't read The Grace of Kings you're really missing out.
Lukas Biewald has been shaping the future of AI for nearly two decades. In this episode, we explore how his early passion for the board game Go, his hard-won lessons as a founder, and his focus on alignment and culture helped him build Weights & Biases into a trusted toolmaker in machine learning.
October 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Lukas Biewald has been shaping the future of AI for nearly two decades. In this episode, we explore how his early passion for the board game Go, his hard-won lessons as a founder, and his focus on alignment and culture helped him build Weights & Biases into a trusted toolmaker in machine learning.
I'm incredibly excited to share the new "solveit" course with you.
Basically anyone who finds vibecoding frustrating or hasn't gotten a lot of value out of the whole agents thing (even if they're afraid to say so) will get a lot out of it
www.answer.ai/posts/2025-1...
Basically anyone who finds vibecoding frustrating or hasn't gotten a lot of value out of the whole agents thing (even if they're afraid to say so) will get a lot out of it
www.answer.ai/posts/2025-1...
Launching Solveit, the antidote to AI fatigue – Answer.AI
Practical AI R&D
www.answer.ai
October 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'm incredibly excited to share the new "solveit" course with you.
Basically anyone who finds vibecoding frustrating or hasn't gotten a lot of value out of the whole agents thing (even if they're afraid to say so) will get a lot out of it
www.answer.ai/posts/2025-1...
Basically anyone who finds vibecoding frustrating or hasn't gotten a lot of value out of the whole agents thing (even if they're afraid to say so) will get a lot out of it
www.answer.ai/posts/2025-1...
Bureaucracy was once a breakthrough. Today, it’s become a costly drag on innovation, human potential, and business impact. I sit down with Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini, authors of Humanocracy, to explore how organizations can move beyond outdated management models and unlock true human thriving.
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bureaucracy was once a breakthrough. Today, it’s become a costly drag on innovation, human potential, and business impact. I sit down with Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini, authors of Humanocracy, to explore how organizations can move beyond outdated management models and unlock true human thriving.
I hadn't considered this angle; I wonder what will happen as a result
Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
September 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I hadn't considered this angle; I wonder what will happen as a result