Sitemap - 2023 - The Future, Now and Then
My Substack Year-in-Review (plus some thoughts on Substack's Nazi moderation problem)
The chroniclers of the crypto collapse
On Substack Nazis, laissez-faire tech regulation, and mouse-poop-in-cereal-boxes
From the WIRED archives: The trajectory of any emerging technology bends toward money
Crooked Timber Series on "The Political Ideologies of Silicon Valley"
A reply to Noah Smith: tech optimism vs tech pragmatism, cont'd
Why can't our tech billionaires learn anything new?
On WIRED magazine's startup phase (1993-1997)
Elon Musk and the Infinite Rebuy
Bullet Points: Oh-just-shut-up edition
How 9/11 affected the Digital Future
Does anyone think Twitter gets *better* from here?
Bullet Points: Big money ruins everything+pronatalism's fake apocalypse
On the declining relevance of digital petitions
90's tech culture was a jumbled mess
Will netroots organizations ever develop ballast?
On Political Communication as a Mission Science
Twitter and the end of the infinite scroll
A eulogy for the Sierra Student Coalition
On Jackpot Technologies, or, what Apple's new headset is actually *for*
Bullet Points: On the social trajectory of AI
Bluesky is just Twitter, without the burden of everything ruining Twitter.
On Generative AI and Satisficing
Pamela Paul, Cancel Culture Grifters, and the Republic of Letters
Not enough people are making fun of Balaji Srinivasan right now
Web3's fake version of Web history
Two Failure Modes of Emerging Technologies
Starting April 15th, take the #ReversePokemon Twitter Challenge
On Generative AI, phantom citations, and social calluses
Three thoughts on Silicon Valley Bank
How long does Twitter have left?
George Packer is kind of right about equity language guides.
On technological optimism and technological pragmatism
The Reverse-Scooby-Doo Theory of Tech Innovation
What I'm looking for in the WIRED back catalog
That Olde Timey EPCOT Futurism
What are we going to do about Generative AI content farms?