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Weighing in on Casey Newton's "AI is fake and sucks" debate

Dec 10, 2024

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14 min read

Weighing in on Casey Newton's "AI is fake and sucks" debate

AI is real, but the hype is manufactured. A dose of skepticism is helpful for seeing how this story goes.

Dave Karpf
Dave Karpf
Bitcoin is worth $100,000. It still doesn't have a single legitimate use case

Dec 6, 2024

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8 min read

Bitcoin is worth $100,000. It still doesn't have a single legitimate use case

It's speculation all the way down

Dave Karpf
Dave Karpf
UNCOUTH.

Dec 3, 2024

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10 min read

UNCOUTH.

On Hunter Biden, and the unspoken value system that our media and political elites seek to defend

Dave Karpf
Dave Karpf
Charting the path forward: Some things that won't work anymore, and a few that might.

Nov 22, 2024

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12 min read

Charting the path forward: Some things that won't work anymore, and a few that might.

Some early notes on political resistance in Trump's second term.

Dave Karpf
Dave Karpf
Bluesky as the Ship of Theseus

Nov 17, 2024

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10 min read

Bluesky as the Ship of Theseus

Maybe, just this once, we *can* have nice things online.

Dave Karpf
Dave Karpf
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