Byte-Sized History | J. Michael Wahlen | Substack

Sifting Through Slop

Finding value in a world awash with AI content

Nov 4, 2025 • J. Michael Wahlen

Recent posts

Three Cheers for Joel Mokyr

Celebrating a fantastic pick for the Nobel Prize in Economics

Oct 20, 2025 • J. Michael Wahlen

Achieving Liftoff: How the Wright Brothers Jumpstarted the 20th Century

How the invention of flight symbolized and energized innovation at the turn of the century

Jun 10, 2025 • J. Michael Wahlen

The Fishy Origins of Venture Capital

A Whale of a Story

May 15, 2025 • J. Michael Wahlen

Is Technological Innovation Random?

Revisiting QWERTY in 2025

Mar 30, 2025 • J. Michael Wahlen

Coming Out of Hibernation

A quick update on my plans for Byte-Sized History in 2025

Mar 24, 2025 • J. Michael Wahlen

WWII and the Trajectory of Technology

WWII's dramatic effect on innovation

Oct 20, 2024 • J. Michael Wahlen

Byte-Sized History

Byte-Sized History

The origin stories of the technologies and innovations that shape our world today.

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