Gabriel Stein

@gabestein@indieweb.social
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Building more equitable, effective and sustainable open knowledge infrastructure (PubPub, Underlay, Commonplace, DocMaps) at Knowledge Futures. Vitalist. Media, Science, Tech, Politics, General Silliness. Past: Massive Science, Upworthy, Fast Company, Google, Ogilvy.
Blog & Archiveshttps://gabestein.com
Day Jobhttps://knowledgefutures.org
Gabriel Stein4d ago

If you're one of my academic publishing folks: sadly, it's true. Due to a funder's unexpected decision to pull support, we've had to make the incredibly difficult decision to wind down PubPub over the next 18 months and regroup to figure out how to best serve our mission.

I'm sure I'll have more to say, but today I'm feeling both gratified and saddened by the overwhelmingly supportive responses to our announcement.

I urge you to learn from our mistakes: https://www.knowledgefutures.org/updates/2025-06-update/

Not Enough: Open Infrastructure Funding and the Future of Knowledge Futures

Knowledge Futures mission is to make information useful.

Gabriel SteinMay 21

Wherein I actually read the studies (and invent a philosopher).

https://buttondown.com/gabestein/archive/has-anyone-actually-read-the-generative-ai/

Has anyone actually read the generative AI productivity studies?

They really don't match the headlines

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Gabriel SteinMay 17
Anyone in the scicomm/policy world working on efforts like described to resist cuts to U.S. biomedical research? Imo, Josh is right that activating patient communities is likely the most effective way to demonstrate the political costs of cuts to legislators. Lmk if you know of any. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-path-forward-to-save-american-bio-medical-research
A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research

Over the past four months, I’ve spoken to dozens of biomedical researchers...

TPM - Talking Points Memo
Gabriel SteinApr 10
You can and should admit it: yesterday was deeply, absurdly funny. https://buttondown.com/gabestein/archive/laughing-to-the-bank/
Laughing to the bank

Why it's good for us to admit that yesterday was deeply funny.

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Gabriel SteinJan 14
Wherein we oscillate between personal time zone choices, political silliness, and the lengths people went to entertain themselves when history ended. https://buttondown.com/gabestein/archive/greeland-standard-time/
Greenland Standard Time

Wherein we oscillate between personal time zone choices, political silliness, and the lengths people went to entertain themselves when history ended.

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Gabriel SteinDec 6, 2024
Do we actually make things? https://buttondown.com/gabestein/archive/do-we-actually-make-things/
Do we actually make things?

We are not ready to play with fire.

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Gabriel SteinNov 21, 2024
I did an AI, and it convinced me that building actually valuable AI products is a very specific, very difficult skill. https://buttondown.com/gabestein/archive/i-did-an-ai/
I did an AI

Chatbots are just friendly reverse-centaurs

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Gabriel SteinNov 8, 2024
I am "launching" a newsletter that will live upstream of my blog. Here's the first one, about how our metamodern culture truly is upstream of politics, what that means, and how we can use that understanding to move through and beyond the darkness to come. I would love if you checked it out and subscribed so I can get off all the social platforms. https://buttondown.com/gabestein/archive/the-metamodern-miasma/
The Metamodern Miasma

First, some housekeeping. If you’re getting this, it’s because you previously subscribed to my blog, gabestein.com, or because we’ve been talking about this...

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Gabriel SteinSep 24, 2024
We’ve released an alpha code version, documentation, and a roadmap for the new PubPub Platform. Learn more: https://www.knowledgefutures.org/updates/platform-update-sept-24/
Knowledge Futures launches alpha code release of PubPub Platform

Knowledge Futures mission is to make information useful.

Gabriel SteinJul 17, 2024
For my scholcomm followers: we're super excited to announce PubPub Platform, a new version of PubPub that allows communities to build full-stack knowledge infrastructure customized to their exact needs. More info here: https://www.knowledgefutures.org/updates/pubpub-platform/
Knowledge Futures invests in PubPub Platform, a new vision for full-stack knowledge infrastructure

Knowledge Futures mission is to make information useful.