Brad Barrish

@bradbarrish

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A certain strand of technology might be accelerating, but culture is going nowhere in particular — a decaying orbit around a decades-old gravity well; cycling & recycling; pastiche & déjà vu; playlist set to loop.

Robin Sloan • The Golden Sardine

The number of people reading a post or following an account is not a useful indicator of whether or not the ideas within are made up or not.

The Weekly World News version of the future

Is This Real Life?

early exploration of a personal website/archive that plays like a game world, documenting the breadth and depth of what you create in a meaningful, engaging experience ⊹ . ݁˖ https://t.co/QyRzUHkt5j

elissa x.com

Are you not inspired?! and

The Extraordinary Rise in the Wealth of Older American Households

nber.org

There has been a seismic shift in age-wealth profiles in the U.S. over years 1983 to 2022. The most notable is the sharp rise in the relative household wealth of age group 75 and over. Correspondingly, the relative wealth holdings of all other age groups dropped over these years.

Short attention span theater

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A person can have the greatest idea in the world but if they can't convince enough other people, it doesn't matter.

Steve Jobs

Tyler Cowen and Gwern have both seen it. 'But who reviews it? Is TLS going to pick it up? It doesn't matter anymore.'

Andrew Curran

x.com

AI AI Captain and AI

What is the equivalent semantic niche for a “message in a bottle” today? Where can you leave a message, and a stranger one beach down can find it tomorrow, or TEN YEARS LATER a shoreline on other side of the planet, you have no idea which, if anything? And they’ll get back to you? That combination of anonymity and connection and distance?

Robin Sloan • The Golden Sardine

The Weekly World News version of the future

The Extraordinary Rise in the Wealth of Older American Households

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When was peak message in a bottle?