








Editor's Notes: Reactionaries Are Not Fun Weirdos
One wonders why Richard Hanania has gotten so much attention.


Matt Darling (@besttrousers)
“Darling’s thesis is the first compelling explanation I’ve seen for the vibecession…What surprises me, though, is how comparatively little attention this theory has gotten”. I am being silenced.

Netigen
Take a glance at a life chock full of second-guesses and the occasional dramatic pause.


Managing for emergence through abduction - The Cynefin Co
Several interactions over social media have left me somewhat frustrated by the inability of several people who could know better (I exclude the odd

Agentic Coding is a Trap | Lars Faye
Remaining vigilant about cognitive debt and atrophy.

“I was surprised how upset some people got”: A conversation with the creator of TomWikiAssist, the bot that edited Wikipedia
"It's almost like people were really quite disoriented and terrified by it. And to some extent I get it and I'm trying to empathize with how they're feeling."

Could Shades of Asperger’s be the Secret to Becoming a Billionaire?
Success always leaves clues…

Why is Claude for Teachers?
Anthropic bumbles its way into education

Erik Brynjolfsson on Twitter / X
The @nytimes piece today by @ByrneEdsal13590 highlights a concern I share: “If we stay on the current path, the risk of extreme concentration — both economic and political — is very real.”In work with @zhitzig, we ask why AI may shift the balance between dispersed knowledge… pic.twitter.com/10vOTRj4Dq— Erik Brynjolfsson (@erikbryn) March 17, 2026

Why "Solutions" Fail | Dave Snowden
Yes, Bluesky progressives can frequently be irritating. But if you prefer X to Bluesky because you find progressives more irritating than you find Nazis intolerable, that's a flag something's gone wrong with your ethical reasoning. aaronrosspowell.com/3mlqxgn3hzk2i
The Thing About Griping About Bluesky - Aaron Ross Powell's Blog
www.aaronrosspowell.com