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The responsibility of AI titans in a post-work society.

Advocates of AI (and yes, before the pedants chime in, I'm aware that LLMs are not technically AI, but for the purposes of popular debate and pe...

The fuckery.

I start each day with the intention of writing positively about tech and AI and startups and vc and then I open my laptop andā€¦there it is. Thereā€™s th...

Red state politics are too much of a headache for tech.

Is the Texas boom town of Austin losing its luster?During the COVID-19 pandemic, investors and startup founders alike flocked to the Texas capital, a...

Donā€™t look down on TikTok creators. Learn from them.

Watching a generation half my age redefine creativity on platforms like TikTok is terrifying and fascinating. As a 34-year-old writer, Iā€™ve seen the ...

The block button is the ultimate source of dopamine. Use it.

Iā€™m seeing this debate pop up on Threads and Mastodon, and Iā€™ve speed-run the whole discourse so many times from Twitter to Bluesky that Iā€™m exhauste...

I hate work.

The piercing sound of my alarm shatters the stillness of my room at the ungodly hour of 5 AM, and I reluctantly drag myself out of bed. Itā€™s the same...

What are the conservatives going to do - talk to each other?

The fundamental truth at the heart of right-wing communities: the satisfaction derived from sharing their viewpoints and beliefs is intrinsically lin...

Elon Muskā€™s childishness knows no bounds.

Taylor Lorenz on Threads:At the Dealbook summit, with X CEO Linda Yaccarino sitting in the room, Elon Musk just told advertisers ā€” including Disney C...

The curse of the Sisyphean read-later list

Let's talk about our digital 'save for later' pile. You know what I'm talking about - that growing list of articles, videos, and ...

Why are we so obsessed with the multiverse?

Why are we so drawn to the idea of multiple realities? More than a trend, it seems to come from a deep emptiness within usā€”a longing for a place wher...