AI Is Poisoning Reddit (404media.co): AI is ruining reddit, and the internet.
The Man Who Killed Google Search (wheresyoured.at): Excellent look at how finance people ruined something engineering people had built. Very much like Boeing, though with less serious consequences.
How to Survive Your Biggest Mistakes as an Artist (substack.com): Nice range of mistakes and advice.
Joseph Stiglitz: Neoliberalism Is Devouring Itself - The Atlantic: Our economic system is killing our economy. And society.
My Dinner With Andreessen - The American Prospect: “I’m glad there’s OxyContin and video games to keep those people quiet.” Our tech overlords are not well people.
Please Stop Bashing Book Publishing - by Kathleen Schmidt (substack.com): Nice counter to the books don’t sell discourse of the last week.
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living | Spain | The Guardian: If our tax system was setup to reward cooperatives instead of stick buy backs, we’d all be better off.
This Week Is What Governing Looks Like (thebignewsletter.com): Biden’s admin has been excellent on the economy, especially around rebalancing power in the economy.
Life Is Pain, Highness • Buttondown: I think this motivates a lot of the imitative AI art boosters, at least in the corner offices.
People Buy Books, Publishing Is Thriving, and Substack Will Never Replace Books: Even more thorough look at how publishing is and is not working.
When Thor Became the Strongest Avenger - by Cole Haddon (substack.com): Excellent look at an expression of depression in the unlikeliest of movies.
My Greek town doesn’t need more tradwives (substack.com): Feminism is good. More people should remember that.