{"id":1631,"slug":"metcalfe-s-law","name":"Metcalfe's law","type":"concept","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:43:04.113332+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"4320053c-d6c7-4330-8b9f-734a38c722c0","slug":"s19e03-kill-your-gods","subject":"s19e03: Kill Your Gods","title":"Kill Your Gods","publish_date":"2024-10-16T19:46:04.400410+00:00","year":2024,"month":10,"season":19,"episode":3,"episode_label":"s19e03","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s19e03-kill-your-gods/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2789,"context":" … Another one, the one I’m going to lay into, is <mark>Metcalfe’s law</mark>. <mark>Metcalfe’s law</mark> is this:\n\n<mark>Metcalfe's law</mark> states that the financial value or … ","reading_minutes":14},{"id":"0f403938-db93-4e49-a3a0-4cb3e5d8ab3e","slug":"s17e11-context-is-king-explicit-people","subject":"s17e11: Context is King; Explicit People Personality Preferences; OS Licensing, but Different","title":"Context is King; Explicit People Personality Preferences; 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Only at the beginning was the law stuff *absolutely nothing* to do with the network. 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