The Desire Distribution
Substack’s revenue curve, the end of the winner-take-all media markets, and the cleansing power of money.
Andrew Thompson
Building Heideggerian AI
LLM benchmarks and the stubborn persistence of rationalism
Notes from the ruins of psychopharmacology
Notes from the ruins of psychopharmacology
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"You can touch your music"
Sales formats on Bandcamp and the meaning of tacility
The GDPR ransomware attack on Components
An attack on our MongoDB ends with another lesson in tech journalism's obsequious position
An attack on our MongoDB ends with another lesson in tech journalism's obsequious position
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What content did Pornhub remove?
What's missing from the site in the wake of company's emergency scrub.
What's missing from the site in the wake of company's emergency scrub.
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How much money do people make on Bandcamp?
Looking at the site's income distribution
Looking at the site's income distribution
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The Gamer and the Nihilist
An analysis of Product Hunt, 2014 - 2021
On Epic's acquisition of Bandcamp
Reflecting on the upsides of a transaction that may seem to have none.
Reflecting on the upsides of a transaction that may seem to have none.
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The New Pornographers
An analysis of consumer tech review media
The Chaos Bazaar
Why is Bandcamp profitable and Spotify not?
Why is Bandcamp profitable and Spotify not?
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Every Story is an Epstein Story
A conversation with Stoya on our analysis of 218,000 PornHub videos from 2008 to 2018
A conversation with Stoya on our analysis of 218,000 PornHub videos from 2008 to 2018
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Faucets of Despair
An analysis of critic and user reviews of film and television, with A.S. Hamrah
An analysis of critic and user reviews of film and television, with A.S. Hamrah
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Scored and Arranged
An analysis of 20,783 Pitchfork reviews, with Nick Scavo
An analysis of 20,783 Pitchfork reviews, with Nick Scavo
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The Production of "Space"
Bodies, spaces, and Google Scholar
Bodies, spaces, and Google Scholar
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