reading, watching & listening to

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

And if you want to predict the future, go to a history lecture or set your WARC case study date filter to twenty years ago.

Matt Waksman • Why the future of Planning is Opera, Only Fans, God, and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

if you want to predict the future, go to a history lecture or set your case study date filter to twenty years ago.

I've Been Writing This Essay My Whole Life

Caroline Cala Donofrio open.substack.com

beautifully written.

Why Aren’t AI Agents Working?

Evan Armstrong gettheleverage.com

agents is such a fucking buzzword. nothing i have tried has worked well in the "abstract + precise" zone

An Interview With Jack Dorsey

Mike Solana piratewires.com

How to Begin a Creative Life

nytimes.com

a zine exploring how artists work at all stages of their career

How to build a newthing

Yancey Strickler ideaspace.ystrickler.com

The Social Media Sea Change

Anne Helen Petersen annehelen.substack.com

The Invisible Man

Patrick Fealey esquire.com

fantastic! comedy is the highest form of genius.

the phrase "Can you believe it?" stuck with me - Alex jokes about how it can be a reply to almost anything, illustrating how it can mask deeper issues of substance.