Cam Jones

Welcome to Rate Your Music

RYM is one of the largest music databases and communities online, which you can use in endless ways to discover new music.

I know people who get angry just from hearing the word authenticity . They insist it doesn’t exist. It never existed. It can’t possibly exist.

And maybe in their lives, as digitally constructed, it doesn’t.

This is the flip side of our culture of artificiality. Anything that threatens the dominant fakeness with reality stirs up an intense backlash.... See more

Even companies that are actually profitable (in the sense of bringing in more revenue than it costs to keep the business's lights on) love to juice their stats, and the worst offenders are the Big Tech companies, who reap a vast commercial reward from creating the illusion that they are continuing to grow, even after they've dominated their sector.... See more

We've been here before. The symptoms repeat across time with eerie consistency. Politics feels paralyzed—parties fight but solve nothing. Leaders are reactive, never visionary. Jobs become transactional hell. Work becomes about survival, not meaning. The news is background static—constant crisis with no resolution. Everything feels heavy and gray... See more

The idea that the internet carries a scythe is familiar — think of Blockbuster Video, the pay phone and other early victims of the digital transition. But the scale of the potential extinction still isn't adequately appreciated.

This isn't just a normal churn where travel agencies go out of business or Netflix replaces the VCR. Everything that we

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A 12-Step Guide to Bullshit Work in the Age of AI

Step 1: Schedule a Meeting to Align on Priorities

Launch with a sync to "get everyone on the same page"—a page nobody reads. Auto-invite 12 people who won't attend. Record everything for "transparency," guaranteeing zero future views.

Step 2: Auto-Transcribe the Meeting

Deploy AI to transform... See more

Sometimes you meet someone, and you know from the first moment that you want to spend your whole life without them.

The 4 qualities of a great career:

1. I enjoy it


2. I’m good at it


3. I make good money


4. I’m around fascinating people

Answer in reverse order:

1. Where are fascinating people?


2. In what ways can I make money with them?


3. Which ones am I good at?


4. Which ones do I enjoy?

We hate other people when latency becomes intolerable. As soon as a task is about speed, other humans feel like an irritating inconvenience. The Uber driver’s small talk annoys us. We wish we were in a Waymo. The cashier’s tip screen feels like a micro-ransom when all we want is a bottle of water. Elevator operators, switchboard attendants, bank... See more