Ideas and concepts to help you understand how we got here and where we're going next.
Oct 17, 2025
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8 min read
A legendary economist and World War 2 badass tells us why heading to Bluesky or the Fediverse makes big platforms’ lives easier, and what it would take to convince you to stay and fight.
Oct 10, 2025
10 min read
A new project with a long pedigree promises to put trust at the center of the Internet. I attempt to summarize their epic 80-page white paper in one post.
Aug 8, 2025
7 min read
Get your schadenfreude fix (and some useful insights) from the blunders of a previous generation of tech leaders.
Jul 18, 2025
Two millennia ago, Plato called them “philosopher-kings.” Today, we call them “global heads of platform safety.” They are still not a good idea.
Jun 20, 2025
6 min read
Ideas from the dial-up era are holding us back today. We can do better.
