“AI is a technology that grows less profitable every day, and bosses have to force it on workers and young people.
Now, it's true that some workers don't have to be forced to use AI. Workers who enjoy a high degree of autonomy (that is to say, workers who are positioned to ignore workplace coercion) can adopt AI in ways that they feel suited to.”

@pluralistic does this suggest it’s a boom for the self-employed?

https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/26/the-ai-will-continue/

‘before I set to work publishing this book online, a book agent got me a very nice offer to turn this material into a paperback for a name-brand publisher. Tempted, I was. But when I asked whether I’d be allowed to design it, her answer was swift. “Of course not,” she said. “Why would you think they’d let you do that?”

I walked away. The agent was flabbergasted.‘

https://practicaltypography.com/effluents-influence-affluence.html via @gruber

turbonormies: go-getters who see ayahuasca as a way to innovate solutions and maximize shareholder value, possibly in conjunction with mindfulness.

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/02/oneshotted-going-online/681774/

“My real hobby is being at the mercy of my own whims and moods.”

From today’s Typewriter Interview featuring Brad Neely by Austin Kleon.
#bradneely #austinkleon

https://buttondown.com/blog/why-micropayments-do-not-work

“It’s easy to think a newspaper is worth a dollar, but is each article worth half a penny? Is each word worth a thousandth of a penny? A newspaper, exposed to the logic of micropayments, becomes impossible to value.” @buttondown #clayshirky

https://daringfireball.net/2024/11/regarding_and_well_against_substack

‘We constrain our imaginations when we subordinate our creations to names owned by fascist tycoons. Imagine the author of a book telling people to “read my Amazon”.’ @gruber

https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/14/who-it-does-it-for/

“There are some very good DRM-free audiobook stores, notably Libro.fm and Downpour.com (Google Play also sells audiobooks without DRM). But most people have never heard of these” @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/14/who-it-does-it-for/

“Amazon's Audible controls 90% (!) of the audiobook market, and they will not sell any book unless they can permanently lock it to their platform. That means that every time a writer sells you an audiobook on Audible, they create a "switching cost" that stops you from leaving Audible for a competitor. Not only is this fundamentally unjust, it's also terrible for creators: if our audiences can't leave Amazon, then we can't leave Amazon either” @pluralistic

https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/14/who-it-does-it-for/

“Making my working notes public is a hugely effective way of producing and refining critical work, and it's been my method for 25 years” @pluralistic 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/14/who-it-does-it-for/

“when the AI bubble pops, that won't be the end of AI – it will be the end of the bubble. When the AI bubble pops, we'll have mountains of GPUs at fire-sale prices, skilled workers liberated from the imperative to help their bosses promote their stock swindle, and open source models that will yield tremendous dividends to anyone who sets out to optimize them” @pluralistic