New post: On Hiding the Ball
If dependence is what checks power, the only question that matters is who owns the compute. One wonders why it's the place the essay goes quiet. Read more →...
Four Things – July 2026
Chris Bayly. Strata. Luxor. 5%.
Four Things — June 2026
1873 (and more). New home. Rinzen. 9.
Four Things – May 2026
Consciousness. The Book. Woolloomooloo. 41%.
Four Things – April 2026
Andrea Wulf. Stealth mode. Fred & Thomas. -32%.
Four Things - March 2026
Economics of AGI. My Book. Two Lanes. 175.
Four Things - February 2026
ETA. BJJ Tracker. James & Jody. 100.
Four Things - January 2026
Candide. Neanderthals. Scottish Ensemble. 49.7%.
Four Things - December 2025
Ananthaswamy. books.caseyjr.org. Antibalas. 83%.
Four Things - November 2025
Noema. Thucydides. Andrea Oliva. 507.
Four Things - October 2025
Eric Hobsbawm. Nerves. Nicola Cruz. $300m.
Four Things - September 2025
Norman Lewis. Europe. Christian Löffler. $3.86B.
Four Things - August 2025
1/ Michel Houellebecq. 2/ Privacy-forward tech stack. 3/ CABALO. 4/ 315%.
An Update from Mike
Ahoy. It’s been a minute—28 months, in fact. I’m resuscitating my newsletter with a fresh format: four things each month that merit sharing. What I’m reading...