artificial intelligence
The Landlord, The Exit, and The Ghost of Houston
The champagne is already in someone's hand. They're just waiting for the pop. The only question is: whose hand is it, and are you the one holding the door?
culture
culture
The Lychee Road: It Is So Not About Lychee
An empire mobilizes everything for a single lychee. The fruit gets delivered. The consort doesn't eat it. This isn't about the fruit. It's about us.
tech
What Peter Thiel Gets Wrong About Stagnation, Innovation, and Progress
Thiel says we’ve stopped dreaming. I think we’ve started thinking. This is what happens when complexity catches up with ambition.