Sunday Scaries, and other
things we publish.
SUNDAY SCARIES: It’s a Mad Mark Mad Meta World
When Mark Zuckerberg published six and a half thousand words on superintelligence, it was the third Sunday in a row his company was in the weekly pile. When you line up the last fifteen years properly you find the same plot.
READ THE POST ↗SUNDAY SCARIES: Stamps of Approval
From the Met to Ford, four stamps said very different things than intended by those who put the proverbial stamps on the boxes. And a 700-year-old lesson from the Goldsmiths' Company about what a mark is actually worth.
READ THE POST ↗SUNDAY SCARIES: The Honor System
From Princeton to Cannes, four institutions just admitted the honor of their system was no longer legitimate. A 133-year-old honor code, a 180-year-old medium, a 72-year-old award, and none of them lasted three and a half years against a chatbot.
READ THE POST ↗Super Bowl SUNDAY SCARIES: Week of Sellouts
A newspaper sold its newsroom. A chatbot sold its credibility. A platform sold its users. And tonight, the guy who didn't sell out gets the biggest stage in America.
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