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Tech doesn’t make our lives easier. It makes them faster

Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, not better, over time

Nothing works, everyone's mad, society is a pile of kindling waiting for a match

AI Will Not Replace You, but You Will Have More Squeezed Out of You

Amateurs obsess over tools, pros over mastery

The Darkness Ahead: Where the Ukraine War Is Headed

Happiness is a reward from our ancestors

Misinformation Is at Most Weakly Related to Lack of Knowledge

First people sickened by Covid-19 were scientists at WIV: US government sources

Can Songs Replace Philosophy?

Record Labels Panic as A.I. Generated Song Becomes Hit Single

Why Smart People Hold Stupid Beliefs

The State of the Culture (2023)

What I Think About LeBron Breaking My NBA Scoring Record

The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Began Around 2012

Tech's Elite Hates Labor

Vertical communities: The internet has changed what “community” means

Higher Rates Will Lead to the Next Generation of Great Tech Startups

An El Nino in 2023 will be worse for climate than anything in last few years

I’m glad I listened to my adoptive mom and not the luxury belief class (2022)

ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving

Why effective altruism is a dangerous philosophy

The internet wants to be fragmented

9 Forecasts for the Near Future, with Implications