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The pointlessness of censoring Jimmy Kimmel
A power struggle over the final days of the public square.
Sep 22
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Notes from the underculture
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Sep 14
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Google: Too small to break up, too big to fail
The search godzilla's antitrust non-event.
Sep 7
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August 2025
Beyond zero-sum media
Cases of cooperation in the brutal competition for attention.
Aug 31
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You don't have to quit Twitter. Just stop defending it.
A response to Jerusalem Demsas.
Aug 24
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What would you do to know what news consumers actually want?
The costs of understanding your audience.
Aug 18
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"What Google Zero Means for Journalism": Podcast with Paris Marx
On the latest episode of "Tech Won't Save Us."
Aug 13
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How to be a stranger in a strange land
On exile, freedom ideologies and the independence of judgment.
Aug 10
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The catastrophe of knowledge work waits to be beautiful again, and interesting, and modern
From "Mad Men" to the AI era, the problems of underconsumption.
Aug 3
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July 2025
The journalist and the fury of the capitalist
On Adam Smith and the markets for writing.
Jul 27
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What does a publicly traded L.A. Times even look like?
A puzzle.
Jul 22
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Is AI compatible with democracy?
On authoritarianism and journalism in the Era of Cognitive Offloading.
Jul 13
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