Entries
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NOTE: I’d been working on this piece on and off for a few weeks while trying to move to NYC and settle into my new ap...
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A second year of the pandemic passed in which I didn’t attend any film festivals in person. I miss it. My viewing out...
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It feels as if we're at the tail end of the first era of social media in the West. Looking back at the companies that...
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I promised one final piece on TikTok, focused primarily on the network effects of creativity. And this is that, in pa...
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In my previous post on TikTok I discussed why its For You Page algorithm is the connective tissue that makes TikTok w...
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I often describe myself as a cultural determinist, more as a way to differentiate myself from people with other domin...
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Now that everyone is spending many of their waking hours in Zoom, a lot of people are laughing at, and then asking me...
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NOTE: I'm going to start cross-posting individual stories sent out in my newsletter over here on my blog. The version...
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“Si vis pacem para bellum”translated “If you want peace, prepare for war” I hadn’t planned on seeing John Wick 3 - Pa...
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I believe mass entertainment suffers from a bit of format rigidity due to the natural inertia from structural ossific...
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HBO’s Watchmen is fantastic, as many have noted. It may be one of the most polished first drafts of fan fiction to ev...
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“When a judge walks into the room, and everybody stands up, you’re not standing up to that guy, you’re standing up to...
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Sorry for the long hiatus. I've been doing some formal advisory work and a bit of angel investing these past months, ...
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Editor's Note 1: I have no editor. Editor’s Note 2: I would like to assure new subscribers to this blog that most my ...
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"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you d...
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I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy schedule, it wasn't like ...
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In a conversation with Matt Levine, Tyler Cowen asks:COWEN: Like you, I’m mostly an efficient markets guy, but when I...
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It has been some time since I posted here. Outside of lots of meetings around the country and some trips with family ...
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I don't know that I'm aware of enough entries in this category to even consider it one, but I'm a sucker for the unio...
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It is hard for us humans to separate information from meaning because we cannot help interpreting messages. We infuse...