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It’s no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it’s sanctimony.”
Nathan Hill • The Nix
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
A personality sketch of the marginal user
Here’s what I’ve been able to piece together about the marginal user. Let’s call him Marl. The first thing you need to know about Marl is that he has the attention span of a goldfish on acid. Once Marl opens your app, you have about 1.3 seconds to catch his attention with a shiny image or triggering headlin... See more
Here’s what I’ve been able to piece together about the marginal user. Let’s call him Marl. The first thing you need to know about Marl is that he has the attention span of a goldfish on acid. Once Marl opens your app, you have about 1.3 seconds to catch his attention with a shiny image or triggering headlin... See more
Ivan Vendrov • The Tyranny of the Marginal User
In the language of Ben Thompson, Substack has two choices. It can become a full fledged aggregator, build network effects and community, personalized content and so forth, but risk the moral purity of being one of the last ad-free algorithm-free corners of the internet, or it can become a platform, provide valuable infrastructure and flexible prici... See more
Applied Divinity Studies • [Guest post] How Substack Became Milquetoast
Perkins supplied the objectivity and perspective toward the material that Wolfe lacked.
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
The text critiques Tracy Austin's autobiography, exploring the disconnect between her athletic genius and her narrative's lack of depth, emotional resonance, and insight into the complexities of her life and career.
LinkOn their own, these avoidable incidents would be forgotten like the thousands of other ejections or calls that have come and gone. But together, they paint a portrait of an umpire who’s played a major role in establishing his own villainous reputation.
“I think he’s stuck in, like, a time warp, you know,” Mets broadcaster and former pitcher Ron Darl... See more
“I think he’s stuck in, like, a time warp, you know,” Mets broadcaster and former pitcher Ron Darl... See more
Does lightning-rod umpire Angel Hernandez deserve his villainous reputation?
Eisman, predisposed to suspect fraud in the market, wanted to bet against Americans who had been lent money without having been required to show evidence of income or employment.
Michael Lewis • The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Tom Wolfe.”