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The social contract of writing | jola.dev
About the value of genuine writing in a world being drowned in slop.
An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants
To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a professional writer for decades, even though the number of ways to make
Goliath's Curse by Luke Kemp | Penguin Random House Canada
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CONVERSATION AND KIRKUS • A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB'S MUST-READ BOOK • SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER • A radical retelling of human history through the cycle of societal collapse—"a Cassandra-like warning about the path today’s oligarchs have set [and] a sweeping and dire vision of a world on the brink.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) “Deeply sobering and strangely inspiring. . . . Read it now, or your descendants will find it in the ruins.” —Johann Hari, author of Stolen Focus “Anyone who doubts the importance of this conversation hasn’t been paying attention.” —Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun
Introducing the Oakland Review of Books Syllabus
How do you really know this place?
The Peraltas — Oakland Public Library
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Post Artifact Books and Publishing
How does digital affect publishing spaces? How do we talk about these effects?
Hi, I'm David Perell.
I write, host a podcast, and run a writing school called Write of Passage.
When Nature Calls: The Enshittification of Science and Its Enablers
Proof-of-work papers, policy laundering, and the collapse of self-correction
Black Owned | Class Bookstore | United States
“Paging Dr. Fraud”: The Fake Publishers That Are Ruining Science
For years, spurious journals have proliferated online, promising academic credibility in exchange for cash.
In Defense of Thinking - Cal Newport
Ten years ago, I published Deep Work. It was my second mainstream hardcover idea book. The previous title, So Good They Can’t Ignore You, hadn’t ... Read more
Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness by Simon…
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Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. nytimes.com/2026/07/22/us/politics/trump-…
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
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