Mastodawn

Bryan Dyck Jul 19, 2025

Tim Bray Jul 18, 2025

I don’t think this view of the world is oversimplified at all:
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-number-go-up-rule-why-america?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=11524&post_id=168396972&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=wabr&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Bryan Dyck May 15, 2024

Clive Thompson May 14, 2024

Whenever I'm doing in-depth research for a piece of journalism, I always re-discover the amazing quality of nonfiction books

A good nonfiction book is the most information-rich/dense piece of media on the planet

The qualifier "good" being crucial here, bien sur

But if it *is* good? Holy crap

You hold in your hands the product of someone who spent years exploring a subject, and sifting for the absolute best data/stories

Nothing -- no documentary, magazine piece, white paper -- can compare

Bryan Dyck Apr 18, 2024

Marcin Wichary Apr 18, 2024

So much great tech writing today:

https://www.sandofsky.com/humane/

https://a.wholelottanothing.org/feeling-duped-by-amazon/

https://www.citationneeded.news/ai-isnt-useless/

Oh the Humanity

On the failure of Humane and why you can't build Apple with Venture Capital.

Sandofsky

Bryan Dyck Apr 14, 2024

Laura Bokobza Apr 14, 2024

🤗 J'adore l'histoire de la Silicon Valley. Un bout de cette histoire peu connu, à découvrir !

She Built a Microcomputer Empire From Her Suburban Home 👉 https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-woman-that-tech-history-forgot

She Built a Microcomputer Empire From Her Suburban Home

The untold story of Lore Harp McGovern

Bryan Dyck Feb 10, 2024

bdha Feb 9, 2024

Can anyone recommend a book on “why privacy is important” targeted at 10-14yo? (Violet Blue’s book would be a bit much for them.)

Bryan Dyck Feb 2, 2024

Yay! “Shift Happens” arrived a couple days ago, and the packing was undersold; this thing could survive rogue asteroid hits. No unboxing pictures, but I did come across some interesting typewriters and computers in the Musée Des Arts et Metiers in Paris over Christmas that felt very @mwichary inspired, including the little French item in the photo. #ShiftHappens

Bryan Dyck Jan 20, 2024

Bastian Allgeier Jan 19, 2024

This is an article that took a lot of strength to write and I might take it down again. But I felt like it is an article that is very necessary right now. https://bastianallgeier.com/notes/grandpa

My grandpa was a Nazi

Bryan Dyck Jan 15, 2024

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William Pietri Jan 14, 2024

Ok, so first, content creation. That seems positive, right? Wrong! The best way I've seen of explaining this: "Why should I take the time to read something nobody took the time to write?"

I think this one is a huge net societal negative. The people out there who want instant "content" are almost entirely not readers. They're people who want something to run ads against. They're people who want the credit for writing without doing the work. They're people who want to sell you something without understanding the something or whether or not it might be good for you. In short, they're people with various levels of contempt for their readers.

Bryan Dyck Dec 19, 2023

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Dev Dec 19, 2023

@dan have you seen this

Bryan Dyck Nov 26, 2023

emilygorcenski Nov 25, 2023

Do you want to read almost 9,000 words on AI, manifest destiny, millenarian cults, evangelical christianity, the singularity, and how we have stopped trying to play God and now are trying to build God? Well here's your chance.

https://emilygorcenski.com/post/making-god/

Making God · EmilyGorcenski.com

The millenarianism and manifest destiny of AI and techno-futurism.

The Personal Blog of Emily Gorcenski