Soft(ware) power
A coup looks different in a world where software is power.
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Highlights & Deep Dives
A collection of 11 issues
Las Vegas
An unhinged rant about the only God humanity has ever created.
Back on the rails
Can the environmental movement — and our collective imagination — be rewilded?
The Big Promise
Is Artificial General Intelligence the start of a new era of big tech deception?
Social cost
Why traditional startups struggle to disrupt the academic publishing industry.
Reclaiming rye
Is sourdough goyish? A personal essay.
Token retreat
Let's talk when the metaverse can directly feed the hungry, house people, or remove carbon from the atmosphere.
Wanted: Late Capitalist Tech Worker
We are seeking a highly motivated and extremely intelligent individual to dig into the minutiae of a tiny, mostly boring problem that we have identified as vital to our business because, at our unfathomable scale, even a minuscule improvement will lead to millions of dollars in extra profit for our
A Prototype for Stemming the Flood of Misinformation during Breaking News Event
Warning: Some Collaboration Required
The viral publishing game is over and we all lost
A lot of the conversations I’m having about audience development these days quickly devolve from focused discussions about acquisition and retention strategies — you know, analytical stuff — to talking about, er…brands.
Why brands? Because that’s all anyone has left to talk about. The murmurs from early 2016 are