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You cannot make friends with the rock stars...if you're going to be a true journalist, you know, a rock journalist. First, you never get paid much, but you will get free records from the record company. [There’s] fuckin’ nothin' about you that is
3 months ago

More from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

The Slop Society

In the last week we've seen the emergence of the true Meta — and the true Mark Zuckerberg — as the company ended its fact-checking program, claiming that (and I quote) "fact checkers have been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've

a week ago 23 votes
Thank You

Soundtrack: Spinnerette - The Walking Dead - (Alt: Postmodern Jukebox - Radioactive)  Thanks so much to everybody that has supported me in the last year. This newsletter started as a way for me to process the complex feelings I have about the technology industry, and still remains, in a

a month ago 32 votes
Never Forgive Them

In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting worse, despite what tech’s “brightest&

a month ago 56 votes
Godot Isn't Making it

Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I didn’t write the title. What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new terms of the present? What

a month ago 45 votes
Lost In The Future

Soundtrack: Post Pop Depression - Paraguay I haven't wanted to write much in the last week. Seemingly every single person on Earth with a blog has tried to drill down into what happened on November 5 — to find the people to blame, to somehow explain what could&

2 months ago 42 votes

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Vietnam’s military-run postal service is building robots to deliver on the country’s e-commerce boom

From warehouse sorting robots to delivery drones, Viettel Post is pinning its hopes on tech as the salve to an inefficient logistics sector.

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Paul Krugman and Noah Smith have a chat

In which we talk about Paul's departure from the NYT, Substack writing, Trump, the 1980s, the future of manufacturing, and more!

yesterday 2 votes
Disney's ~$4B Acquisition That (Probably) Saved The Company

When Disney made an all-in bet on streaming to take on Netflix, it had to buy a little-known technology unit incubated within the MLB called BAMTech.

3 days ago 7 votes
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4 days ago 9 votes
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4 days ago 6 votes