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If you’re new to my writing, here’s the full list of essays that live on this blog. (You might know me from Twitter, where I tend to speak more in aphorisms.)

My essays are a mix of theories, examinations, and empirical ideas about what’s going on in the world, how we’re dealing with it, and where things are headed— circling around the worlds of technology, startups, health, media, art, & creativity.

I’ve been writing in some form for over 10 years — mostly op-eds and essays. In 2025, I aspire to spend more time on even longer-form projects too. Say hello if there’s something we should work on together.

Favorites

These are my top picks, out of ~80 essays / posts here, selected roughly by reach, resonance, and personal affection. They’re ordered by most recent first. Some have gone “viral” in communities I care about, and some featured by Substack or other publications and magazines I respect.

• Media and Machines

• Make Something Heavy

• The Great Movie Theory

• The Aesthetic Is The Art Now

• Your Dreams Demand Your Best Hours

• Invisible Duels

• Intellectualism Goes Mass Market

• Taste Is Eating Silicon Valley

• The Theory of the Cool Self

• The Rise of Software Creators

• Writer-Builders

• Early-Arriver Arbitrage

• Great Products Have Great Premises

• Pursuits That Can’t Scale

• Love the Mission or Love the Game

• Companionship Content

• Status Limbo

• Positive-Sum Products

• One-Round Wonder

• Social Utilities

• Trophy Jobs

• Rise of the Silicon Valley Small Business

• What I Learned at Clubhouse

• Ritual Social

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