I did an AI

Chatbots are just friendly reverse-centaurs

How to inoculate yourself against bad takes

Resisting the temptation to analyze What Happened may be the most important thing you can do right now.

A gentle corrective to all the takes

It's the culture for me.

The Metamodern Miasma

The decline of cultural postmodernism explains the rise of global far-right populism better than any pundit.

Las Vegas

An unhinged rant about the only God humanity has ever created.

Polling

A scientific case for being cautiously optimistic about 2024 (and yes, we still need to work hard af)

Congestion Pricing

What I would say to the MTA

Retirement

A quick hit of late capitalist angst involving Amazon, Larry Fink, and a single-serving cup of Cheerios.

Promises tracker 1

How to read Elon's threat to take his Tesla vaporware elsewhere.

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