Let's Not Keep Fighting the Trojan War (by Edward Sanders) Simone Weil took a train to the front when the Civil War began in the summer of '...

We keep coming back to this one strategy. Renters deserve better.

A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers.

OR: you must look at this fish and go insane

The accounting fallacy that makes enshittification look like …

The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.

Decadence in our era comes in technologically mediated forms, emptied of desire and obsessed with self-optimisation

A code of principles proposed at the 1889 National Hobo Convention: Decide your own life; don’t let another person run or rule you. When in town, always respect the local law and officials, and try to be a gentleman at all times. Don’t take advantage of someone who is in a vulnerable situation, locals or other hobos. Always try to find work, even if temporary, and always seek out jobs nobody wants. By doing so you not only help a business along, but ensure employment should you return to that town again. When no employment is available, make your own...

Have you seen Alex Karp’s rant on CNBC? I fielded this question about a dozen times over the past week. If you’ve not yet watched, it’s well worth your time. In a conspiratorial d…

A cofounder of a secretive startup fought to keep an interview about its quest to build brain-free "organ sacks" out of public view.

Civic renewal in the isolation of American democracy.

Business Insider’s Peter Kafka on the Comcast split, and what happens next in the media and broadband industries.

Making Americans poorer won't make our society better.