Sublime

The overall digital environment is dictated by tech companies with ruthlessly capitalist, expansionary motives, which do not provide the most fertile ground for culture. While the magazine fashion editor may periodically use their ability to pick out and promote a previously unheard voice, the algorithmic feed never will; it can only iterate on est

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My latest column at The New Yorker is about the revenge of homepages: Why we're turning toward individual websites as the platform era of the internet continues to disintegrate.

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

Lana, Taylor and anti-institutional realignment

Recently, I watched the Grammys and learned more about Lana Del Rey. I had no idea she was friendly with Taylor Swift, or that she and Taylor shared the same producer. These women have been pop stars for over a decade: Taylor the establishment good girl; Lana, the anti-establishment shock and awe “othe... See more

i wrote abt @tbpn's meteoric rise, how @johncoogan reads @WSJ in the sauna every morning, and why x is obsessed w @jordihays' hair. read how the new show is reclaiming the tech bro in my latest for @BusinessInsider. https://t.co/wfFhwUn0ho

i chatted w @PalantirTech, its incoming meritocracy fellows (the anti-college internship for 18-year-olds), and people who skipped college entirely to start companies. my findings: tech’s newest recruits and founders are young, male, and hate higher ed. 1/ https://t.co/hqFXP94ow7