The answers to my problems were always simpler than I wanted them to be. [Article]

David of Raptitude discovers a profound truth to a vexing but common problem that I can certainly relate to:

it’s almost always obvious what others should do, and less obvious what we should do ourselves. I’ve become increasingly aware of this phenomenon, both on the giving end and receiving end of advice.

Disruptions: The Echo Chamber of Silicon Valley [Article]

The NY Times Nick Bilton walks into the echo chamber called Silicon Valley, & discovers that lots of startups are solving fake problems that don’t actually create any value (or in other words, a solution is search of a problem).  Read more from Evgeny Morozov here