Bryan Boucher
@bryanboucher.me
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Network society. We're living it now. Time to figure out how to survive in it. newsletter.squishy.computer/p/the-shape-...
The shape of network society
“I’m a McLuhan absolutist now.”
newsletter.squishy.computer
March 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Network society. We're living it now. Time to figure out how to survive in it. newsletter.squishy.computer/p/the-shape-...
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Holy shit. This is *the* gold-standard measurement of atmospheric CO2 -- the one in all the charts.
The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Holy shit. This is *the* gold-standard measurement of atmospheric CO2 -- the one in all the charts.
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A lot more people need to start loudly pointing out that algorithmic media platforms are fundamentally hostile to the truth
January 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A lot more people need to start loudly pointing out that algorithmic media platforms are fundamentally hostile to the truth
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I wrote about Casey Newton's essay on AI skepticism, the uselessness of a "AI is real and dangerous" v. "AI is fake and sucks" dichotomy, and the limits of AI boosterism. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/the-phony-...
The phony comforts of useful idiots
On Casey Newton and the shallowness of anti-skepticism.
thetechbubble.substack.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:48 PM
I wrote about Casey Newton's essay on AI skepticism, the uselessness of a "AI is real and dangerous" v. "AI is fake and sucks" dichotomy, and the limits of AI boosterism. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/the-phony-...
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As the year comes to a wrap, I'm absolutely psyched to see @mariafarrell.bsky.social and I's "We Need To Rewild The Internet" grab the number 1 spot on Noema's Top Ten 2024 reads!
www.noemamag.com/noemas-top-1...
www.noemamag.com/noemas-top-1...
Noema’s Top 10 Reads Of 2024 | NOEMA
Our best longform journalism and essays from 2024.
www.noemamag.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:26 AM
As the year comes to a wrap, I'm absolutely psyched to see @mariafarrell.bsky.social and I's "We Need To Rewild The Internet" grab the number 1 spot on Noema's Top Ten 2024 reads!
www.noemamag.com/noemas-top-1...
www.noemamag.com/noemas-top-1...
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Unregulated markets will always fail to account for the positive societal impact of placing workers, “special” or not, in fair-paying jobs.
We’d all commend a small business doing this at a micro level, and we should do the same at a macro level.
We’d all commend a small business doing this at a micro level, and we should do the same at a macro level.
waiting impatiently for the Alex Tabarrok "in equilibrium, this rule makes disabled people worse off" poast ...
Breaking: Biden Labor Dept is releasing proposed rule abolishing practice of legally paying people with disabilities a lower "special" wage. Records we obtained show employers paying staff as little as 25¢ an hour to sort clothes, 5¢ to cut rags
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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December 4, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Unregulated markets will always fail to account for the positive societal impact of placing workers, “special” or not, in fair-paying jobs.
We’d all commend a small business doing this at a micro level, and we should do the same at a macro level.
We’d all commend a small business doing this at a micro level, and we should do the same at a macro level.
Hard to argue w the napkin-math and negative proof points put forth here. And yet the spectacle of some big reveal remains enticing.
Assuming Ed’s right, and that we all acknowledge it, for how long do we proceed anyway, for fear of the tiny chance that a foreign power secures a breakthrough?
Assuming Ed’s right, and that we all acknowledge it, for how long do we proceed anyway, for fear of the tiny chance that a foreign power secures a breakthrough?
Newsletter: We're at peak AI - generative AI models have hit the wall where they won’t improve much further thanks to a lack of training data, killer apps or any kind of sustainable business model.
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
Godot Isn't Making it
Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I didn’t write the title.
What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new ...
wheresyoured.at
December 4, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Hard to argue w the napkin-math and negative proof points put forth here. And yet the spectacle of some big reveal remains enticing.
Assuming Ed’s right, and that we all acknowledge it, for how long do we proceed anyway, for fear of the tiny chance that a foreign power secures a breakthrough?
Assuming Ed’s right, and that we all acknowledge it, for how long do we proceed anyway, for fear of the tiny chance that a foreign power secures a breakthrough?