Longreads + Open Thread
Sloppypasta, Cartel Olympics, Purpose, Strauss, AI Companies, LTCM, Alien Economics, AC
Sloppypasta, Cartel Olympics, Purpose, Strauss, AI Companies, LTCM, Alien Economics, AC
Plus! Compliance; Product and Distribution; Spy Risk; Reputation; Tasks
Plus! AI ROI; Opacity; Paying for Content; Agent-to-Agent Commerce; In Other Agentic News
Plus! Counter-Branding; Billion-Dollar Bracket; Speed; Craft or Mass Production; Pivots
Plus! Refounding; User Acquisition Costs; Data Sharing; Fees
Brands, Jobs, Patronage, The Renaissance, Culture, Drexel, Futures
Plus! Maturity Wall; Very Early-Stage Startups; Deploying AI; Momentum; Short-Termism
Plus! Talent Negotiations; Typos; Currency Depreciation; Capital Structure Arbitrage; World Models
Plus! Agents and Complements; Going Halfway Dark; Out-of-Sample; Class Consciousness; Feedback Loops
Plus! Where We Are in the Cycle; Insurer of Last Resort; Marketplaces and Routers; Getting a Bid; Talent; Diff Jobs
Gambling, Context, Media, Fermi Paradox, Intelligence, Endowments, Inequality, Blankfein
Plus! Big Airlines See Like a State; Crypto; Moderation in all Things; Private Credit and Market Timing; Oil