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An inspiration engine for ideas
Maria Farrell • We Need to Rewild the Internet
In the end, George drew up the only internal org chart ever made of Sam’s sprawling creation. By the time he was done, he’d discovered many interesting things. Twenty-four different people thought that they were reporting directly to Sam, for example. The group included Sam’s father, Joe, and Sam’s childhood friend Matt Nass, whose game, Storybook
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
They know that when common themes emerge in the news, it’s because of their peers. A meme goes viral because someone designed it to advance an agenda. A public figure gets eviscerated by blogs using strikingly similar terms because the idea was planted. A motif is widely circulated on social media because paid agents made it happen. The right resul
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
No. 13 — Reclaiming Discovery From the Algorithms
Michelle Rose Josephmichellerosejoseph.substack.com
smart, ambitious operators who could channel the wishes of Page and Brin.
Mark Bergen • Like, Comment, Subscribe
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads,” Jeff Hammerbacher, an early Facebook engineer, told me. “That sucks.”