Also, the real danger of AI chatbots, and hype cycles of failed tech.
On Conspiracies—Somethings

Archive of all my newsletters
Also, the real danger of AI chatbots, and hype cycles of failed tech.
Also, the history of the compact disc, the ephemerality of slang, the weirdness of probability and the death of Platforms.
Also, tight storytelling, tuberculosis, standards hindering innovation, artifice in academia, pareidolia, and much more.
Also, weird reading patterns, polarization hysteria, gardens as life and the power of football
Also, how to build new things, how to embarrass yourself, and nobody can make you more productive.
Also, writing for the past, re-contextualizing history, mystery cinema, inconsequential real name policies and the interesting history of the name “Fiona”.
Also, the pain of bureaucracy, philosophical history of the computer, terminally online people and the meaninglessness of the term ‘Toxic’.
Also the debacle of Twitter, the unintended consequences of the culture war, and the dying gasps of American conservatism.
Also, telling ghost stories, and how the internet is turning into TV or maybe it is getting better.
Also, on indulgence, China, the people, and how IQ is a grift.