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Resist Categorization
May 06, 2025

Resist Categorization

We're obsessed with putting each other in buckets. None of them fit.

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Getting Seen Is Hard
Apr 29, 2025

Getting Seen Is Hard

Like it or lump it, newsletter writers are part of the attention economy, somewhere near the bottom. We need to help each other be seen.

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Zingers Don't Sting
Apr 22, 2025

Zingers Don't Sting

Public figures once feared exposure of their misdeeds. Those days are over.

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Toxic Tech, Toxic Youth
Apr 15, 2025

Toxic Tech, Toxic Youth

The current legal and regulatory structures around technology make it impossible to protect children from online harms. Fundamental change is needed.

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Global Goods
Apr 08, 2025

Global Goods

There is little value in equivocating: we are in a new economic world. The change is bad.

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Humans Are Leak Machines
Apr 01, 2025

Humans Are Leak Machines

While charmingly meme-ready thanks to a presumed intoxication among its actors, the national security over Signal debacle is not surprising.

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Optimism At Last
Mar 25, 2025

Optimism At Last

Brexit became a warning against international disengagement. While it appears to have been unheeded by others, Britain itself is emerging from the mess.

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AI Shrinks Moats
Mar 18, 2025

AI Shrinks Moats

As the hype fades and reality sinks in, we might see some genuinely brilliant uses of AI.

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The US From Europe
Mar 11, 2025

The US From Europe

At best, the transatlantic alliance is on pause. Europe is under no illusion as to what that means.

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State vs Tech
Mar 04, 2025

State vs Tech

Hitting companies in the wallet only works if you're a big enough hitter.

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Silicon Valley Is Vulnerable
Feb 25, 2025

Silicon Valley Is Vulnerable

Technology, when you break it down, is just so much physical material fashioned into chips and wires. The world outside of California plays a much bigger role in this than the microcosm inside of it.

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Tech Leopards Have Tech Spots
Feb 18, 2025

Tech Leopards Have Tech Spots

Content moderation was always a bit of a bluff to appease regulators and a baying public. Mark Zuckerberg moved ahead of changing winds.

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Away from the hype and hustle, I try to understand the broad themes of technology and society. At the very least, I'll make your inbox less boring.

Ben J. Clarke

Away from the hype and hustle, I try to understand the broad themes of technology and society. At the very least, I'll make your inbox less boring.

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