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From the WIRED archives: The trajectory of any emerging technology bends toward money
A peek at some tech predictions from January 2000
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Elon Musk's Dealbook Meltdown
Let us all point-and-laugh together
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On OpenAI: Let Them Fight
I won’t pretend to know what the hell is happening at OpenAI. The story is changing by the hour. It’s chaos though. And that’s a good thing. For the…
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Crooked Timber Series on "The Political Ideologies of Silicon Valley"
Crooked Timber is hosting a series of essays over the next couple weeks on “The Political Ideologies of Silicon Valley.” The essays are derived from a…
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What Elections Are For
A preemptive reply to some arguments I expect to hear in 2024
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A reply to Noah Smith: tech optimism vs tech pragmatism, cont'd
Econ blogger/Substack royalty Noah Smith tried his best to defend Marc Andreessen’s techno-optimist manifesto last week, with a 4,000+ word post titled…
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Why can't our tech billionaires learn anything new?
On Marc Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto"
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On WIRED magazine's startup phase (1993-1997)
Today I want to share a piece of writing that I’ve been fiddling with for the book project. I’m writing a book about the history of the digital future…
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The Future, Now and Then
A newsletter that mixes insights from the history of the digital future (#WIREDarchive) with observations and rants about the state of politics today. Basically a blog for your inbox.
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