Kian Sadeghi on X: "On this point actually, Open AI setting the AGI narrative has properly driven hundreds of billions in market cap People do not realize that industries are MADE with communications" / X

Isaac Saul on X: "I’ve said repeatedly that I share some of Kennedy’s views about our health. We are being ravaged by diseases of despair. We don’t eat well. Our sedentary lifestyles are bad for physical and mental health. But we don’t talk nearly enough about the successes of public health and" / X

Review of ‘After the Hunt’ (2025) ★★★

Seb on X: "@leojr94_ I wouldn't say we learn to code, but rather we understand how things work: API, state, cache, database, hooks, etc" / X

derek guy on X: "I don't think this is exactly right. My guess is that a lot of AI art will be similar to what has happened in the clothing industry: technology speeds up production, benefitting consumers. Only enthusiasts will care if something is made by hand or not. Will give examples. 🧵" / X

There is no "tension" here if you realize that the voters who are up for grab don't live in mental universe where ideological categories like "liberal" or "conservative" have strong purchase. Rather, their orientation is prosystem vs. antisystem — with conflicted voters having a… https://t.co/ECn8rYw9Ic— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) March 18, 2025

Isaac Saul on X: "One thing a lot of people aren’t ready for is that if this recession comes, a lot of people in the Trump camp are going to celebrate it. Job losses and the stock market, GDP, 401ks etc falling will be celebrated as a way to wash out inflation and cheap labor. Gonna be wild." / X

Dr. Laura Robinson on X: "I think a huge part of the draw of tradwife content is that it markets the idea that we actually don't need social services, schools, or a government because everyone has an endless possibility of bootstrapping inside them. Tradwife content usually deliberately obscures or" / X

(2) Julian Lehr on X: "Gradually, then suddenly. https://t.co/PL863cry4P" / X

Val on X: "This is true. The city pop craze of the late 2010s was entirely driven by uploads by those archivists. The image people associate most with Marika Takeuchi’s Plastic Love was from a different album but used on a YouTube upload https://t.co/HQc2u3HrtB" / X

I wrote about this idea pretty extensively in yesterday's newsletter - in the age of speculation, narrative production is far more important than real production

I dunno man. I think people getting this wrong.

Oh, the 2010s had an aesthetic alright.

Calling it now.

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Everyone thinks this is an exaggeration but there are so many software engineers, not just at FAANG, who I know personally who literally make ~2 code changes a month, few emails, few meetings, remote work, 5 hours/ week, for ~$200-300k.

Anora first act:

Not gonna mince words here: IF YOU THINK THIS WAS CAUSED BY ANY CAMPAIGN STRATEGY OR SPECIFIC POLICY CHOICE, YOU ARE AN IDIOT.

Patrick McKenzie on X: "The chief products of the tech industry are (in B2C) developing new habits among consumers and (in B2B) taking a business process which exists in many places and markedly decreasing the total cost of people required to implement it." / X

I was trying to figure out why Los Angeles feels so different. It's not just that a lot of rich people moved out, it's that the middle class don't live there anymore. All these neighborhoods are now super expensive so it sucked families out, and with them the teenagers that…

(1) August Lamm on X: "I'm calling it right now: abstention is the next big thing. Sobriety, celibacy, digital minimalism, dumb phones, religion. The age of hedonistic hyper-consumption is over. We're moving into a new and peaceful age marked by moderation and self-discipline. I can't wait." / X

i think of this himalayas fancam at least once a week

The iphone BTS of a photo shoot or video shoot is now just as important for social media as the end result.

It turns out music, movies, entertainment, and society in general peaked during the exact time period when you, the person reading this, were a teenager.

Jungwon on X: "Design is going to play one of the most important roles in the development of AI systems. It will impact how we interact with this raw intelligence, how the intelligence gets deployed, how it is evaluated, and how much we can trust it. It's an incredibly exciting time to" / X

Moe Amaya on X: "How much do design engineers make vs designers? Early data from 60 job postings (w/o stock, bonus, etc) but seems like just a touch more. p90 needs more data since not many FAANG-type postings yet. h/t to @benblumenrose https://t.co/3BZ8rLztxB" / X

charlotte bancroft a.k.a. austerity measures on X: "everyday life in the united states is psychologically punishing in such a unique way. we’re in the most advanced stage of economic development relative to the rest of the world, so even though material conditions here tend to be higher than they are elsewhere" / X