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The Future, Now and Then: 2024 in review
Weighing in on Casey Newton's "AI is fake and sucks" debate
Bitcoin is worth $100,000. It still doesn't have a single legitimate use case
Charting the path forward: Some things that won't work anymore, and a few that might.
Bluesky as the Ship of Theseus
Don't expect the tech platforms to help us this time.
What the future looks like from here.
A suggestion for the Washington Post's new motto: "Obey in Advance"
Thirteen days to go: Gut-checks and campaign dynamics
Turns out the "October Surprise" is crime
On "Trusting the Data" and the specter of AI-induced decision paralysis
Bullet Points: Techbros-telling-stories edition
JD Vance couldn't *quite* gaslight the audience for the full 90 minutes.
The climate movement really does not need Yascha Mounk's advice
What Nate Silver gets wrong about risk
Paul Graham and the Cult of the Founder
Kamala Harris could do this all day
How do you solve a problem like Claremont?
What is the Claremont Institute doing back at APSA?
Why 'You're Being Weird' Works So Well
Why the "Open Convention" proposal only appeals to Op-Ed columnists.
Bullet Points: Ideological Axe-Grinding
A Supreme Court Decision with a Body Count
What's in a name? "AI" versus "Machine Learning"
[REPOST] Will the climate crisis be a boon for authoritarians?
The Republican Party has belonged to Trump for a long time
Bullet Points: Internet Time ain't what it used to be.
What Elon Musk's favorite game tells us about him
The only thing university administrators had to do was NOTHING.
Civil War (the movie) is a blunt object.
On giant piles of cash, and their origins
On AI agents: how are these digital butlers supposed to get paid?
A Memo to OpenAI: You Are Not the Protagonists
Are large language models on the trajectory of word processing or digital advertising?
The Gravitational Force of Tech Money
The State of the Union, and the shape of the Presidential race
Bullet Points: On Bluesky, the Vision Pro Jackpot, and the Quiet Period before the Election
What Should We Have Learned from the Collapse of the New Economy (1998-2000)?
The myth of technological inevitability
What we talk about when we talk about The Future
Bullet Points: OpenAI looks for its FarmVille, 90s tech nostalgia, and more on the Substack drama
"One Weird Trick" for effective strategic political communication campaigns