The DAO Joan Index 🍕 I write about tech + politics + culture.
For years, the tech giants painted themselves as the inflated heralds of a new, progressive era. They championed diversity, equity, and inclusion lik...
This past week has been a rare confluence of events that has tilted the scales in favor of progressive voices and causes, while simultaneously exposi...
New terminally online archetype just dropped: the Peripheral Progressive. You won’t find them door knocking, participating in legitimate political ac...
Here’s a question for you. Why is it that advocating for universal healthcare or affordable education instantly earns you the “Socialist” stamp,...
We've all heard it. That warm, comforting advice from everyone's favorite cardigan-wearing television neighbor: "Look for the helpers." It's the kind...
We love a good economic miracle. The tale of a nation rising from the ashes, defying all odds to become an unstoppable juggernaut. It's the stuff of ...
The current crop of VCs fancy themselves masters of the universe. They speak in a Substack fermented patois of CACs and LTVs, hockey stick growth and...
I want to talk about how we managed to royally screw up the internet. It's a classic case of Cobra Theory - a bunch of tech “geniuses” and boy-wonder...
In the early 1990s, a group of idealistic technologists had a radical idea: information wants to be free.Led by folks like John Perry Barlow, co-foun...
Referencing "1984" has become a staple of social media discourse. Whenever a trend rubs someone the wrong way, they are quick to label it "Orwellian,...
