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How to save media and keep AI startups alive
A big thanks to my dear friend Holden Page who read a version of this essay, and helped me improve it. — Alex OpenAI closed new content deals last week…
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TikTok, capitalism, and whose side are you on?
A 50-0 vote in a House committee to advance a bill that would require the divestment of TikTok from its Chinese parent company or ban it from the United…
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January 2024
Ghosting Substack
I am very tired
Jan 12
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Yes, we took your stuff and are making a killing. Why aren't you happy when we offer you scraps?
Show me the money
Jan 4
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The best books I read this year, 2023 edition
Kinda, mostly
Jan 1
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December 2023
Four things I'm curious about in 2024
Curious or worried, your call
Dec 22, 2023
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September 2023
In defense of looking like shit
Or, why Senator Fetterman is doing something actually interesting and good
Sep 18, 2023
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July 2023
The platforms will never stop hungering
All Internet platforms eventually devolve into a mess of advertisements, algorithms, self-dealing, and bloat. An iron law of the Internet: If a product…
Jul 4, 2023
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May 2023
Seven years of not drinking is a good time to question your life's direction
Or: How having kids consumes all your remaining creative hours
May 24, 2023
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April 2023
One good way to engender a crisis of self is to have a baby
Or: Who am I, really
Apr 11, 2023
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March 2023
Sorry, but I don't think that you deserve a bailout [Updated] [Updated again]
Update: Everyone hates this take
Mar 10, 2023
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February 2023
Bonding
There’s an old riff that if you want to make a friend, ask them for a favor. It’s counter-intuitive advice. Wouldn’t you want to offer a favor to cement…
Feb 3, 2023
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