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Threadbare
The problem with making a new social network is that (as I’ve related before) you are only really selling
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The End of the Honest Internet
The concept of “free” social networking is a kind of unspoken social-financial contract that only exists as long as operators
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Broken Things
Years before OceanGate’s Titan submersible imploded, killing five people in the process, a former employee filed a counterclaim alleging
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The Internet Is Already Broken
My personal inbox, as it stands, is largely useless. Of the 100 emails I can see at a glance, two
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Tech's Reckoning
“To face down your demons, you’ve got to free them.”
The last six months have felt like a perpetual
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Cryptogeddon
If you are wilfully violating securities law, I have some advice: do not put “we are operating as a fking
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Abandonment Issues
Last week, the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health issued a stark warning
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The Scum Economy
On May 17, 2023, Grumpy Cat Limited, the extremely litigious corporation that owns the rights to the famous memes “Nyan
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Elon's Tragic Kingdom
Elon Musk has announced Twitter’s new CEO – the former Chair of Advertising at NBCUniversal Linda Yaccarino, who interviewed him
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Artificial Labor
As we speak, we are entering a historical battle between actual labor – those who create value in organizations and the
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