Sublime

roon is a member of the technical staff at OpenAI, or at least that’s how The Washington Post describes him.

But for those who seemed to be emerging from the wreckage victorious—namely, those of us who had secured a place in an industry that had steamrolled its way to relevance—the meritocracy narrative was a cover for lack of structural analysis.

When the Los Angeles Philharmonic, one of the most prestigious in the world, went looking for a new conductor, they had their pick of perhaps a thousand qualified individuals. These were world-class people who had been tested and proved at doing the work of running an orchestra the traditional way. They hired Gustavo Dudamel. He is a twenty-six-yea

For twenty years, Walter had been archiving magicians’ television appearances. Any time a magician performed on a talk show, a variety special, even guest spots on sitcoms and dramas, Walter fired up his VCR and pressed Record. Walter used those tapes as bargaining chips with other collectors across the country, trading his copies for footage he di