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Ryan Shannon writes Entry Level Investing, a personal blog at ryanshannon.substack.com about ai and economics. Since 2023, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “What even is a "Moat", anyway?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-10, and you can follow it by feed.

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3HN people?
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Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2023

Welcome to Entry Level Investing - my personal substack in which I write about whichever investing or AI-related topic is top of mind for me this week.

Most-linked posts?

  1. What even is a "Moat", anyway?
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-03-22

What Hacker News says?

  1. Thanks Seth! I appreciate your response here. Fair point that the "no business is safe" comment might be a little far reaching. My point more broadly is that no business out there can just ignore AI entirely: it has to be a thoughtful part of your strategy. I 100% agree with you point on owning the data. I wrote a similar post recently on the importance of data moats, and why I think they're the most important part…

    Comment linking /p/what-even-is-a-moat-anyway

    on “Keeping up with the overwhelming pace of AI innovation”
  2. Submitted Keeping up with the overwhelming pace of AI innovation as a story · 15 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Understanding Go to Market Motions in Generative AI as a story · 11 points

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  4. Submitted What even is a "Moat", anyway? as a story · 3 points

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  5. Submitted Benchmarking AI productivity gains against smartphones, PC's, and the internet as a story · 1 points

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  6. Submitted What even is a “Moat”, anyway? as a story · 1 points

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  7. Submitted Unpacking why AI Companies funding rounds are so expensive as a story · 1 points

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