Anti-scale alpha: if anyone can do it with Claude, it's worthless — go do what others won't
chrisalbon · x · 2026-10-16
pallipau proposes an "anti-scale" mindset: if something can be done by anyone using Claude, it's probably zero alpha — instead, find approaches that are too much effort for everyone else and do those. chrisalbon's punchline: replacing the toilet paper roll is infinite alpha, mocking how the small tasks nobody bothers to do are the real scarcity.
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