reading, watching & listening to

reading, watching & listening to

sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking

The New Control Society

Jon Askonas thenewatlantis.com

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averageness is a feature of modern life. scaling means figuring out what works on average.

are you high-agency or an NPC?

Jasmine substack.com

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Western Leftists Have Lost the Plot

Noah Smith noahpinion.blog

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Five Nine Problems - Speculative Branches

The Good Whale

open.spotify.com

haven’t been into a podcast this much since the Serial days. the story behind Keiko, the whale in Free Willy.

Articles

Everett Hughes howardsbecker.com

creativity is not a scarce commodity

Where Is All the Sad Boy Literature?

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Ilya Sutskever – We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research

Dwarkesh Patel dwarkesh.com

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The Great Note-Taking App Shitshow

drunkonideas.beehiiv.com

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