Dec 15
Death and Rebirth by a Thousand Cuts
Literacy isn't a fixed skill; it's a moving target shaped by whatever tools a culture uses to think.
3 min read
Tech & Culture
Our thoughts on tech, AI, and how culture can change
Nov 21
Reclaiming conversations
There are several quotes rumbling around in my head recently. The first one is something Mark, my co-founder, says all the time: social media is the water in which we swim.
5 min read
Nov 14
Social Media Is Over. Social Media Is Just Beginning
Everybody knows social media sucks. Social media usage has declined nearly 10% over the past three years
2 min read
Oct 31
In the Beginning Was the Question
The question that started Rover was me emailing Josh and asking if we could build something that would use AI and social networking to help me get answers to my questions.
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Oct 24
Instant Context
That’s the dream behind Rover: a platform where our conversations can be augmented by AI to be more factual, more insightful, and ultimately, more productive.
3 min read
Oct 14
To Fix the Internet, Design for Empathy
“Empathy” isn’t typically a value you see associated with digital product design. Typically, there’s really only one value, and that’s “engagement.” Every product decision at a tech company comes down to “how will this get more people to spend more time using our thing?”
7 min read
Oct 10
What Does It Mean When Most of the Web's Content Is Mass Produced?
What does any tangible handmade good mean when it can be cheaply replicated by machines? Duchamp’s response was in part to say that an object’s value comes from the human connection between giver and receiver.
1 min read