It's time to admit that we have the web we deserve.
AI is revolutionary, just not in the ways the hype bubble says it is
Authenticity matters, but so does its opposite
Incumbency is a weird phenomenon.
We're obsessed with putting each other in buckets. None of them fit.
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.
Public figures once feared exposure of their misdeeds. Those days are over.
The current legal and regulatory structures around technology make it impossible to protect children from online harms. Fundamental change is needed.
There is little value in equivocating: we are in a new economic world. The change is bad.
While charmingly meme-ready thanks to a presumed intoxication among its actors, the national security over Signal debacle is not surprising.
Brexit became a warning against international disengagement. While it appears to have been unheeded by others, Britain itself is emerging from the mess.
As the hype fades and reality sinks in, we might see some genuinely brilliant uses of AI.