Espresso Shots 8-23-26
From a 1971 social network that never died, a watch-caught heart problem, building without predicting, exams in the age of chatbots, chasing what excites you, and writing snail mail.
From a 1971 social network that never died, a watch-caught heart problem, building without predicting, exams in the age of chatbots, chasing what excites you, and writing snail mail.
From lawn-mowing algorithms to being bald being better, energy hoarding, lighthouse rescues, digital sanctuaries, and the case for writing anyway.
Tombstone exercises, founder mode, jargon monoxide, 8-bit baseball, the sky you should’ve seen and silent reading parties.
Entertainment-pervading politics to Pixar's three-pitch rule, AI's Jevons Paradox, Game Theory's Prisoner's Dilemma, and swapping doomscrolling for comic books
From inner life to stupid ideas, the magic of streaming radio, the case for slowness, and why automating broken things just breaks them faster.
Quiet things, optimized selves, AI psychosis, sync music, lightning strikes, beautiful questions, and why making has always been about mattering.
The creative power of walking, agency, brains vs computers, the small web, publishing imperfection, mixtapes, teleporting and why chewing sounds drive you crazy.
Bermuda Triangle mysteries, obscure sorrows, phantom obligation, game theory, internet radio, and why kindness matters now.
Resilience isn't built by avoiding failure.