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I started working on this piece because I've found myself going to homepages more often. It's a way to get a controlled, curated look at what a publication offers, and a ch... See more
The Creative Independent • My website is a shifting house next to a river of knowledge. What could yours be?
Hayden Field • The war is on for Congress’ AI law ban
Gideon Lewis-Kraus • Why Good Ideas Die Quietly and Bad Ideas Go Viral
The biggest challenges we face aren’t technical.
They are psychological, philosophical–questions of values, ethics, worldviews.
Just as we are living inside Zuckerberg’s belief in instant connection.
And Steve Jobs’ dream of the computer as a bicycle for the mind…
We are already stepping into the world imagined by Sam Altman.
But what is his vision of a
... See moreThe New Internet that's in question here probably began to coalesce in the early 2010s. At first, it emerged slowly, stewing in the public discontent that grew out of an increasingly powerful and extractive tech sector. Just as much as it was a professional stance, the reaction was a visceral one. Many users of the internet were beginning to notice
... See moreBryan Lehrer • What Happened to the New Internet?
Through the emergence of blogging, personal lives were becoming public domain, and social incentives—to be liked, to be seen—were becoming economic ones.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
why cultures of connectivity persist,
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
One of the themes I emphasized was the idea of protocol money. People who live and breathe technology tend to think in terms of rapid disruption, and assume that new things will displace old things. But a point I emphasized is that while that’s a true trend for many things, it hasn’t historically applied to communication protocols. Things like Ethe
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