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The left has tended to lead the way in mastering new media, aided by its generally younger, tech-savvy supporters. Barack Obama harnessed Facebook in

'In my experience,' he told me, 'if you run away from a thing just because you don't like it, you don't like what you find either. Now, running to a t

This shift came because of what Nintendo called its “blue ocean” strategy. The idea was that the increasing technological complexity of games was actu

“You’re probably wondering what we’re trying to do. It’s hard to say. We hope that we have something here... We’ve been working quite hard at it. We h

The great works of Victorian England were erected by engineers who could not be sure of the properties of the materials they were using. In particular

Worry is like a rocking horse. It’ll keep you entertained, but you’ll fucking get nowhere.

If you’re looking to create a timeless sense of purpose and to shape the overall mission of your life, then you should use principles. Establishing a

A strategy—whether in companies or in life—is created through hundreds of everyday decisions about how you spend your time, energy, and money. With ev

What do you wish Strategists would do more of?“Find opportunities for action, and not just diagnostics.”“Choices. Most planning presentations open up

'In my experience,' he told me, 'if you run away from a thing just because you don't like it, you don't like what you find either. Now, running to a t

WHAT IS A FLIP A flip is a sort of a CAPTCHA that helps to determine whether a user is human. In contrast to a CAPTCHA, which stands for "Completely A

a bunch of everything apps vying for customers feels less like a race for innovation and more like empires warring over territory. Tech companies are

The question is not whether algorithms can ever foster greatness—they cannot. Their design is fundamentally at odds with the qualities that define gre

The algorithms that shape our cultural landscape are not inherently malicious. They are indifferent. Their purpose is not to destroy art but to optimi

The Shawshank Redemption failed at the box office but went on to gross more than $100 million as a cult classic. The 48 Laws of Power missed the bes

Swelter is in his best uniform, a habit of exceptional splendour, the high cap and tunic being of virgin silk. Doubling his body he opens the door the

Some Notes Concerning Technique Long have I thought that I should write a book on technique, as I have learned much over the years that may aid others

'In my experience,' he told me, 'if you run away from a thing just because you don't like it, you don't like what you find either. Now, running to a t

So much value and love for the process of writing and what it does for the coherence between heart, brain, imagination, lived reality, unseen, and see

You can’t write a viral essay that says “it’s complicated and I’m not sure.” But this is the only path to truly novel insight.

Writing is a task that takes both objective and subjective intelligence. LLMs ace the objective parts the same way they ace every test; you can’t faul

I’m increasingly convinced, then, that the next big vector for inequality is around this most fundamental of human capabilities. The elites are going

Heilmer told me that BMW's characteristic orange-red hue is generated by light at a wavelength of 605 nanometers. The color was chosen to allow the dr

⁠⁠Luxury spending in China has been crimped by the combination of a housing crisis and a government campaign against showy displays of wealth. Rather

Watch streams and playthroughs: Ashley Bardhan recently argued that watching a video game isn’t so different from playing it. I agree. This guidance w

An almost-funny tragedy is decimating basically every artistic industry: there are too many things. Too many movies, too many shows, way too many song

Arthur de Villemandy, co-founder of  Capsule, during which I inquired about the tricks employed by his curators. He responded with remarkable clarity,

honestly people are starving for more collective experiences, not more siloed hyper-personalized things

To meet these challenges and increase the impact of foresight work, we need to rethink our approach from the very beginning of a project.

When it comes to gambling, the big argument used to be about state lotteries. These lotteries are taxes on the poor—a way for the government to raise

Then, when I put a pair on for myself, the situation suddenly changed. As a potential target of recording, I’d been hesitant, worried I might be photo

In the late 1970s, Jef Raskin, a pioneering technologist who was one of Apple’s earliest employees, sketched out a radical vision for the future of co

I’m increasingly convinced, then, that the next big vector for inequality is around this most fundamental of human capabilities. The elites are going

It also aligned the computer with something that is often inspiring to many people and artists: nature. If I can find the sublime in microchips and SD

Sometimes, You Have To Say No To Your Friends To Say Yes To Your Work When asked, Lin-Manuel Miranda says Wait For It is the best song he’s ever writ

when making things becomes frictionless, starting stops meaning anything.

What we’re not noticing enough is the fact that algorithms have flattened our cultural landscape and induced a sense of passivity and numbness, challe

This theme isn’t just confined to bookstores; it sprawls throughout our urban fabric, notably into the realm of generic coffee shops. Both scenarios –

This shift towards a global sameness, driven by digital platforms' algorithms, challenges the very notion of personal taste. As these platforms priori