"Hot take: I believe that for the majority of people, including myself, a smartphone is a net negative overall." @nathan_covey's radical guide to switching to a flip phone
it's kind of wild that there's a whole American rhetorical tradition built specifically for saying "this country is failing its own promises, fix it" and liberals just... abandoned it.
Uncomfortable possibility: AI is massively accelerating a lot of knowledge work + a lot of knowledge work adds no real value = lots of AI, little productivity impact.
Mixed Bag #26: Darby Saxbe on the Science of Fatherhood
@darbysaxbe explores the topic via a book, a concept, a person, an article, and a surprise item
my magnum opus: the tiny part inside every robot and drone that america can't make anymore — and the two startups betting opposite ways on how to fix it
It's been 3 days on Substack and I'm already #2 in trending, a bestseller with one article, and I have the support of the Substack Head of Partnership for any requests or problems I find.
I mean, I love X's immediacy and how fast news travels here, but all I'm getting is 40-50%