Never underestimate what a millennial will do for a tote bag
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JA Westenberg
@Daojoan
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I write about tech + humans + philosophy
Why does every true crime podcast end with justice not being served and a promo code for hello fresh (dw I know why)
Every year April Fool's Day reveals that roughly 70% of the people in tech are walking around carrying the unshakeable belief that they could do a tight 5 at the Comedy Store. They cannot. They can barely do a tight 5 in a product review.
america has the best marketing and the worst product of any country I have ever studied
“we’re disrupting X” means we found a cheaper way to do X that externalises all the costs onto someone who can’t afford a lawyer
jeff bezos built a rocket because it is the most expensive possible way to not have to talk to anyone
The internet...well, it fucking sucks.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-entire-internet-is-a-ugc-reaction-video-now/
The Entire Internet Is a UGC Reaction Video Now
I keep a folder in Apple Notes called “cursed websites,” where I save various artefacts that make me feel like the social contract has dissolved. Call it an act of self-loathing. Call it collecting evidence of the fall. Dansugc.com went straight into the folder this morning. It’s a
there is no genuine AI ethics conversation happening at any company currently describing itself as having a genuine AI ethics conversation
the australian tradition of calling your best mate a cunt and your worst enemy mate has no american equivalent and this explains a lot of the miscommunication
“I failed five times before I succeeded” is only an interesting story because you succeeded