Required reading. Here’s a peak into the ‘liked’ section of my reader app. This is a non-comprehensive list of some of my favorite articles from online writers.
March 2023
Millenarianism & Preferred Pandemic Utopias Paul Millerd
Unpluggers, Deflators etc. pt3: Why Not Both? Frank Lantz
Silicon Valley Generation Shift Venkatesh Rao
Half An Hour Before Dawn in San Francisco Astral Codex Ten
Intuitive storytelling Taylor Foreman
Awe, Anxiety, and AI Dan Shipper
The Waluigi Effect Cleo Nardo
GPT-4: The Bitterer Lesson Alberto Romero
GPT-4: A Copilot for the Mind Dan Shipper
How to Build a Chatbot with GPT-3 Dan Shipper
Notes on a Torture Party Sasha Chapin
Why Google Glass Broke Nick Bilton
February 2023
obligation vs compulsion Isabel
A new economic engine for culture On Substack
Dahl’s Chickens Sam Kriss
Great Writing is Invisible Nat Eliason
How Twitter is Bad For You Sasha Chapin
The gritty reality for Substack’s middle class Simon Owens
Free For Lunch Silvio Castelletti
The failure of Jack Kerouac Park Macdougald
The Fugs: the first-ever punk band? Arun Starkey
The Origins and Theory Behind DMTx — Andrew R. Gallimore
The Dizziness of Freedom Grace Sydney Smith
January 2023
Permission to Be Excited About AI Dan Shipper
Cage the Chickens Mike Solana
Annual Review 2022 David Perell
Notes on “Taste” Brie Wolfson
The End of Organizing Dan Shipper
Four Great Decisions Per Year Nat Eliason
The Future of Literature is Video Games Erik Hoel
8 New Year’s resolutions for the I.P. Erik Hoel
Goodbye Academic, hello Substack Erik Hoel
Dreamland Yehudis Milchtein
self image Isabel
Don’t start a year. Start a Substack. Sophia Efthimiatou
Dramageddon: The Virtual Civil War Gurwinder
December 2022
A native internet protocol for social media Jack Dorsey
History is in the making Stephen Davis
Who gains and loses from the new AI? Tyler Cowen
Paradigm Shifts Robert Rhinehard
My Digital Note-Taking System Charlotte Grysolle
Finally, an A.I. Chatbot That Reliably Passes “the Nazi Test”
intensity Isabel
why i write Isabel
November 2022
Seeking Density in the Gonzo Theater Venkatesh Rao
Viva Las Vegas? riva
Hemingway: True Icon or Total Farce? Grace Sydney Smith
We Are All Ebenezer Scrooge Spencer Baum
How Jane Vonnegut Made Kurt Vonnegut a Writer Ginger Strand
The Internet and the Infinite Will Mannon
Conceiving the Future of Reproductive Technology Laura Jayne
Regulation Charles Hoskinson / Cardano
Read to Lead: How to Digest Books Above Your Level Ryan Holliday
The Casino and the Genie The Generalist
October 2022
Going Rural Changed My World Steven Foster
How to Disagree Paul Graham
Creative Intelligence II Cooper Midroni
Writing, Briefly Paul Graham
Why we stopped making Einsteins Erik Hoel
on being known Ava
The Cultural Significance of Pop Sir Roger Scruton
A Nuclear Zugzwang? Policy Tensor
September 2022
The False Promise of Understanding Yourself Max Nussenbaum
The Mighty Mezz, Marijuana, and the Beat Generation Loren Glass
You Don’t Need to be a Poster Ian Vanagas
How to Keep Criticism from Sinking Your Soul Maria Papova
When the Money’s Just Too Damn Good Nat Eliason
IKEA at the End of Metaphysics Daniel Birnbaum
The Ego is the Enemy Roger’s Bacon
How to Get Insanely Rich in the Creator Economy Nat Eliason
The gossip trap Erik Hoel
August 2022
Write It While It’s Hot Salman Ansari
Believe In Others Paul Millerd
The project of Literature (Susan Sontag) Maria Papova
The Theology of Productivity Sarah Chappell
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online David Perell
The Perils of Audience Capture Gurwinder
Exploring DMT as Another Dimension Adjustable Normal
To Live and Die for the Network State Antonio Garcia Martinez
Reject the Algorithm? Nick Naggiulli
What if You Have it Backwards? Nat Eliason
July 2022
Making Normal Conversations Better Sasha Chapin
The writing class I’d like to teach Jason Fried
Don Colacho’s Aphorisms Stephen
If You Have Writer’s Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying Sasha
The Ultimate Burnout Guide Commoncog
Why Those Screaming Beatlmania Girls Matter Nancy Carr
The Literary Games of Fernando Pessoa Ilan Stavans
Notes Against Note-Taking Systems Sasha Chapin
Don’t Take Notes — Max Nussenbaum
Personal Knowledge Management is Bullshit Justin Murphy
My doubts about the Apple headset and mainstream VR Skarredghost
Absence is Presence (on Ty Segall) Justin Joffe
Brief Notes on the Nearness of Ghosts Sasha Chapin
What’s Up With Austin? David Perell