Ideas I want to write about

When the institutional machine needs to deploy billions of dollars, it indexes toward ideas that Make Total Sense in the few themes in the tech zeitgeist at any given moment. And thus the ecosystem orients itself to produce a steady stream of companies that are legible and reasonable enough in a Monday partner meeting

We are in an economy of narratives not an economy of products , in an economy of symbols not an economy of things .

when the cost of publication drops, the cost of indifference rises, which, consequently, increases the value of Attention

Every major escalation in shock corresponds with a change in technological infrastructure.

The history of transgressive media is marked by shifts in intent . In medieval and early modern contexts, shock often emerged as a byproduct of humor, folklore, or theological critique. In other words, its function was cathartic or satirical rather than commercial and strategic. As media forms professionalized, particularly with the advent of mass... See more

“We live in an environment of narrative warfare. If we don’t shape the narrative, our enemy will.”

hey feel disgust, which they had thought themselves superior to.

They all know it is there, all the people of Omelas. Some of them have come to see it, others are content merely to know it is there. They all know that it has to be there. Some of them understand why, and some do not, but they all understand that their happiness, the beauty of their city, the tenderness of their friendships, the health of their... See more