Tech culture doesn’t just sell products. It sells a feeling: the warm, narcotic glow of believing you “already know” what’s…
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The Charade Economy: An AK Roundtable
A Conversation on Micro-Scams, Mass Distraction, and Who Profits from the Performance What follows is a roundtable exploring an idea…
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The Bluffer’s Field Guide to AI‑Talkers
Everyone suddenly has a “take” on AI. Pundits who couldn’t program a microwave now hold forth on “alignment.” Lifestyle influencers…
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Maze-Runners in a Moving World
There is reality.There is truth.There is perception.There is interpretation. Most journalists don’t live in any of those places. They live…
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The Third Wave: Why Most Journalists Won’t Survive AI
The Hollywood Reporter wants you to feel sorry for TV anchors. In its latest dispatch from the collapsing empire of…
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The Third Wave: How AI-Positive Journalists Will Supplant Both Legacy and Digital Media
A deep-dive analysis Executive Summary Two disruptions have already reshaped journalism in a single generation. The first, the internet’s demolition…
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Bad Pool: A Cautionary Tale About Misplaying Your Public Risks
A Cautionary Tale About Misplaying Public Risk How To Read This CaseThis is not a whodunnit. It’s a “how much…
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Streaming executives: private ministers of culture
There is another kind of cultural executive who prefers hoodies to tweed. He talks about innovation, disruption, and “serving fans,”…
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Big publishing executives: corporate curators of “serious” thought
There is a particular kind of executive who likes to imagine herself as a custodian of civilization. She sits on…
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The Cleanup Crew Calls It Strategy
There is a ritual that runs on a tight schedule. Day one: a fiasco. Contradictory orders, people making decisions they…