ten thousand takes on tech, culture, criticism, and bait
Unpredictable success of online writing, compounding “marinated” ideas, and obsessive hobbyist passion versus audience-metric capture.
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What's funny about it, maybe just like a thought about writing effort in general, like writing on the internet really feels like constantly playing some kind of mysterious roulette game. I think Venkatesh Rao kind of describes it as like in the same way, like with your investments, you don't want to time the market. And you just kind of
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don't take the bait
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An analysis of existential dread online, predicting AI's erosion of reality will make the internet meaningless.
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But I think for me, I think it's like really like reaching ahead right now because of an existential dread about the future.
It feels nearly impossible to understand where society is going right now. And I think we've all been aware of screen time and how much of our lives we are dedicating to these devices. Like I've been I've been painfully
... See moreSome people have told me I’m not doing enough—that I should publish more, react to breaking news, tweet every day, start a podcast. But to what end? More subscribers but less pride in my work? Host a podcast but constantly cringe because it’s not really me?
I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but there seems to be an assumption now that if you... See more
I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but there seems to be an assumption now that if you... See more