Agalia Tan

Don’t just accept things as they are—challenge them, reshape them, make them better. Whether it’s in your industry, your community, or your own life, be the one who dares to push for what could be, rather than settling for what is. Because real change doesn’t happen by accident—it happens because someone like you decided to make it happen.

My latest column at The New Yorker is about the revenge of homepages: Why we're turning toward individual websites as the platform era of the internet continues to disintegrate.

I started working on this piece because I've found myself going to homepages more often. It's a way to get a controlled, curated look at what a publication offers, and a... See more

Apple Maps has tried to make its guidance feel more natural, in part by using common, human-sounding phrases. For example: “Go past the light and make a left.” This language is intended to replace now-familiar and robotic phrasings such as In 300 yards, turn left . Google Maps is also trying not to be so tortuous or wordy.

Increasing AI usage must come at the expense of time spent elsewhere. Maybe Claude’s biggest competition is sleep? I also imagine that Netflix, YouTube, TikTok, and the like are watching the above chart of AI usage warily. That half an hour on Gemini is half an hour not watching short-form videos. AI tools are clearly more than Google replacements;... See more

"Brainstorm some answers to these questions:

Which activity makes you the most money per minute?

Which activity delivers the most excitement per minute?

Which activity creates the most connection per minute?

Which activity provides you the most laughter per minute?

And which activity is the best blend?"

Hmm, where were we? Ah, yes, he was talking about how movies can be built or deconstructed because of Killers, which has the elliptical, episodic structure of many of his other films. Less narrative, more atmosphere, more information by way of anecdote, by way of scene, by way of character. “What I had hoped to do, and I didn’t do this... See more

Sometimes it's harder, sometimes there are moments where you're like, man, I really wish I could escape this moment and go check Instagram or something, but instead I'm just going to sit here and my kid's crying and dinner's terrible because the kids are just being total jerks and I'm tired and not feeling great and my wife is upset because she's... See more

Ever since their ‘Thinking’ caps and cafe activation, I realized that Anthropic is positioning its brand as the Apple of the AI era. Back in January, they updated Claude’s “Constitution,” adding values-based constraints in effort to prevent dangerous behavior in the absence of government regulation. Anthropic’s recent refusal to accede to the... See more