I wrote a guide about cold email that sparked heated discussion here on HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42357273

Many felt all cold email is spam by default. That made me think deeply about the nature of spam and value creation.

The reality I've found is interesting: The harm of an unwanted cold email (0.5 seconds to delete) is dramatically smaller than the potential value created (new jobs, solving real problems, connecting valuable solutions with people who need them).

I wrote about this asymmetry and what separates real spam from valuable outreach.

Would love to hear HN's thoughts on this tension between minor individual friction and broader value creation.