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Five Jobs

On human work in the gentle singularity.

a week ago 9 votes
From "Shadow Artist" to Artist

A conversation with Dipa Halder, software engineer turned full-time artist.

2 weeks ago 14 votes
The Job Isn't Just The Job

A meditation on the third and last human labor — Relational Labor.

a month ago 20 votes
MEDIA AND MACHINES.

The operating system of our era — and why every empire will be half-media, half-machine.

a month ago 20 votes
In the age of slop, craft is rebellion

A conversation about craft, code, and creative freedom with indie game artisan Neal Agarwal, creator of Neal.fun.

2 months ago 35 votes

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Why Investors Don’t Care About Your Business

Founders with great businesses are often frustrated that they can’t raise money. Here’s why. I’ve been having coffee with lots of frustrated founders (my students and others) bemoaning most VCs won’t even meet with them unless they have AI in their fundraising pitch. And the AI startups they see are getting valuations that appear nonsensical. […]

14 hours ago 2 votes
The hidden labor that makes AI work

Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender examine the hype behind artificial intelligence in their new book, The AI Con. Below is an excerpt on the invisible labor behind some AI tools.

17 hours ago 1 votes
Jewish Americans are feeling unsettled

Increasingly squeezed between the new leftism and the new rightism.

19 hours ago 1 votes
Make Fun Of Them

Have you ever heard Sam Altman speak? I’m serious, have you ever heard this man say words from his mouth?  Here is but one of the trenchant insights from Sam Altman in his agonizing 37-minute-long podcast conversation with his brother Jack Altman from last week: “I

2 days ago 2 votes
Would you rather have cheap energy, or stupid culture wars?

Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" is an attack on American energy production.

3 days ago 3 votes