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Scott Smith

@changeist.bsky.social

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Futurist, Managing Partner: changeist.com. Barcelona-based. Lapsed commentator. Plot machine. Author: “How to Future” (2020) howtofuture.com | “Future Cultures” (2023) futureculturesbook.com Reviews and previews: collisiondetector.com

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Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 12h

Today’s Torment Nexus. The speculative fiction writes itself. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

www.nytimes.com

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 17h

Uh oh, the Times is here to spoil Zaho. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/a...

She’s Like Édith Piaf (but With Techno and Teen Angst)

www.nytimes.com

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 20h

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 23h

Frankly insulted my family wasn’t invited to audition.

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Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 23h

We have always been just real estate.

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 1d

Zing! Working for democracy, no less. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 1d

Fun to watch the justice system run on the “I know you are but what am I” principle.

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 1d

A royal advising on social disconnection is (excuse me) a bit rich.

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 1d

Also sponsoring relevant museum content (see bottom)

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 2d

Sam Altman is the real Secretary of the Treasury. And Fed chairman.

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 2d

D4 damage, match

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 3d

It's that daggone Biden economy. www.wsj.com/business/aut...

America Keeps Adding EV Chargers. Will There Be More Drivers to Use Them?

The number of fast-charging ports in the U.S. has surged after a two-year construction spree—just as electric-vehicles sales are expected to plunge.

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Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 3d

The Economist ran a long-read feature on this exact same story 2 months ago. Feels a bit lame to rehash it as another long-read. Which one will get the Netflix/breathless podcast treatment?
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o.... www.economist.com/1843/2025/08...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

www.theguardian.com

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 4d

@klingebeil.bsky.social?

Frank Swain @frank-swain.bsky.social · 4d

Has anyone written something good on the role of journalism in an age of AI/agent search? Page views are crashing as readers turn to AI summaries for their info. Does this mean that the future of journalism is writing content easily digestible by AI crawlers? Are journalists all stringers now?

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 4d

I think the technical term for all of these deals cumulatively is “circle jerk” on.ft.com/3VR0B9G

OpenAI targets 10% AMD stake via multibillion-dollar chip deal

Latest circular transaction aims to make ChatGPT maker central to the effort to build a huge AI infrastructure

on.ft.com

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Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 4d

on.ft.com/4pTQ3US America is now one big bet on AI

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 4d

@scoxsmith.bsky.social called this one months ago.

Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 5d

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border ino.to/agDxSX2

Indigenous Nations Plan Tariff-Free Trade Corridor Across US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

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Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 5d

Just sent my kid a Valerie Giscard d’Estaing GIF and my work is done here.

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 5d

Just watching the rare YouTube video right now and realizing how, despite being extremely online since the BBS days, I rarely watch video or listen to podcasts. I feel OK with that.

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 5d

Watched this weird film last night — They Are the Damned. British new wave meets mid-century scifi. Children bred to survive a nuclear apocalypse. Oliver Reed + Macdonald Carey. boxd.it/bgrhv7 Compressed version on YT here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Qe...

A ★★½ diary entry for The Damned (1962)

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Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 5d

How bout no. on.ft.com/4gVVRJC

OpenAI and Jony Ive grapple with technical issues on secretive AI device

ChatGPT maker is working with former Apple design boss to launch a palm-sized personal assistant next year

on.ft.com

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 6d

Sorry.

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 7d

It’s really just over-under.

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 7d

a man in a suit and tie says sell it all in front of a woman

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says sell it all in front of a woman

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Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, the risk of seeing those investments trashed immediately or longer term is enough to keep it where it is. The cumulative dampening effect of many different idiot moves (eroded rule of law, destruction of research pipelines, wildly variable costs and little ability to hedge) has macro effect.

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