Measured Decisions Rarely Please Anyone

A Disturbed Internet Personality Goes On The Offensive

A larger animal waits for a smaller one to die

I pay tribute to a great artist and share the inspiring open letter he wrote with Herbie Hancock in 2016. I believe this is the most significant piece of writing published about jazz—or creative enterprises in general—in recent years.

A book from 101 years ago can be as strange as science fiction—but not without its comforts

I pay tribute to culture writer Scott Timberg (1969-2019) whose posthumous book is published today

I look back at 10 historic performances

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In a hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Chew came off like an underling. Now we’ll see if anything comes of it.

An essay from the archives

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Protest songs are everywhere—except on TV, radio, and the leading playlists

Monthly fees for Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat are not for ordinary users. They’re for the professionals who’ve taken over the feeds.

It's Open Mic Day at The Honest Broker

This week we’re continuing our investigation of productivity trends in US construction. We previously looked at single family home construction, and noted that the number of hours required to construct 100 square feet of single family home has slightly increased over the past 50 years.

The IBM 7094 anticipated the future of music—and also sounded like the Auto-Tuned pop stars of today

People don't see the tech industry as they once did. And it almost cost the sector a rescue.

Based on a survey of over 6,000 nerds.

Gearing up for the big radio show later this Spring!

Don't worry. At least one makes fun of Mozilla.

🎧 Tune in for news, analysis, and newsmaker interviews on tech’s most pressing stories.

Recently I went to a high-profile semiconductor forum held by the Commonwealth business magazine in Taiwan. Chris Miller, author of the popular book "Chip War" had released his Chinese edition. He was visiting Taiwan for the first time - presumably to promote it.

This is a piece I wrote back in 2023, but didn’t manage to get published before the war broke out and put all our projects on hold. In compliance with the 2025 Disinformation Law of the International Internet Court, I hereby attest that I have run the text through a Court-approved truth-portal, which gave it the score of “

Plus: international animation news.

More thoughts on Crime in El Salvador

Lunduke-is-Sick-Edition

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Epistemic Status: Intersectionality Fiction

The easily offended and the anti-woke crowd both miss the point.

Discount Resident Contrarians Now Available

Are we sometimes alone, together?

Understanding one of the founding myths of the New Right

Plus: animation news.

Chatbots are not an extinction-level event for humans: calm down, calm down

Corporations are the least responsible for the plight of the poor

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The empty exhortation and missing science of the IPCC Synthesis Report

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I am writing this from prison. Internet Prison, which is the worst kind

ChatGPT and friends are great cognitive enablers and levelers