Walter Isaacson's worldwide bestselling biography of Ap…
Movie Review: The AI Doc
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist is a brilliant piece of work.
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's Ope…
An Instant New York Times Bestseller“A bestselling page…
Daring Fireball, by John Gruber
Commentary on Apple, technology, design, politics, and more.
Authorship, division of labour, material and digital form; thoughts on Samuel A. Moore's Publishing Beyond the Market
On Christmas day, we had a quiet time this year. One of the things I did was to read Moore, Samuel A., Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons (University of Michigan Press, 2025). This is a most enjoyable book that outlines a project and worldview that I know Sam has been cultivating and refining for many years. I should stress that I am not writing a “review” here. I would be conflicted anyway as I am thanked in the acknowledgements. But it did, like all good books, make me think and I wanted to jot down some thoughts. These thoughts are not necessarily novel – sometimes Sam even explores some of them in the book – but I thought it would be enjoyable to express them nonetheless.
The Steve Ballmer Interview
The Development Economist Who Wasn’t
Once dismissed from the field he helped found, Albert O. Hirschman feels newly relevant.
The Next Frontier: Sam Altman on the Future of A.I. and Society
Breaking news, and how the end might begin
A flashback to my most recent interview with Steve Eisman, and some potentially critical news
People & Technology
To understand AI’s effect on moral character, ethicist Kwame Anthony Appiah goes back to John Stuart Mill, and the idea that people are shaped by their choices.
Tim Cook Addresses Retirement Talk and Apple’s Leadership Future at All-Hands Meeting
Tim Cook addresses retirement talk, succession planning, executive departures, and Apple’s 50th anniversary during a candid all-hands meeting with employees.
1. Steve Jobs realized that "People hate their phones". Apple invented a better one, made bank, & changed the world. Academics hate their scientific publishers. Bluesky invented a better publishing platform, & could bank some of the ~$20B/year sci pub revenue, changing science 🧪 @toni.bsky.team 🧵
1. Steve Jobs realized that "People hate their phones". Apple invented a better one, made bank, & changed the world. Academics hate their scientific publishers. Bluesky invented a better publishing platform, & could bank some of the ~$20B/year sci pub revenue, changing science 🧪 @toni.bsky.team 🧵
Quit Big Tech
Includes articles about getting off US tech, although personally I’m fine with US tech as long as I think they have good privacy/principles. Mostly excluding specifically AI-related articles, which will go in AI-related collections: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections… See also collections for specific companies
Once-in-a-generation moment to protect U.S. Privacy - Irish Council for Civil Liberties
ICCL report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe - Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Fed up with Big Tech, communities turn to data collectives for control
Getting off US tech: a guide
All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
欧州で進む「米国テック依存」から脱却の動き。トランプ政権下で高まる危機感
