David Weinberger
@davidweinberger.bsky.social
Writer about how our encounters with tech are changing our ideas and understanding. Long-time affiliation with Harvard Berkman Klein Center. Researcher at Harvard metaLab. Grandpa flush with dopamine.
A painting by Klimt has at auction sold for $236.4 million.
Ah, a quarter billion dollars so the painting can be enjoyed by one person and their invited guests.
Why isn't this considered for-profit looting of our culture?
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Ah, a quarter billion dollars so the painting can be enjoyed by one person and their invited guests.
Why isn't this considered for-profit looting of our culture?
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Klimt Painting Becomes the Most Expensive Work of Modern Art at $236.4 Million
At Sotheby’s first sale in its new headquarters, it became the priciest work of modern art ever sold at auction.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A painting by Klimt has at auction sold for $236.4 million.
Ah, a quarter billion dollars so the painting can be enjoyed by one person and their invited guests.
Why isn't this considered for-profit looting of our culture?
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Ah, a quarter billion dollars so the painting can be enjoyed by one person and their invited guests.
Why isn't this considered for-profit looting of our culture?
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
I just sent to MIT Press a book ready for copy-editing. Been working on it for 4 years, full time for 3, and obsessively for 6 months. First time I haven't had something pushing aside all other duties. (Exception: grandkids.)
I'm going outside to rake some leaves! (I hear it's autumn already!)
I'm going outside to rake some leaves! (I hear it's autumn already!)
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I just sent to MIT Press a book ready for copy-editing. Been working on it for 4 years, full time for 3, and obsessively for 6 months. First time I haven't had something pushing aside all other duties. (Exception: grandkids.)
I'm going outside to rake some leaves! (I hear it's autumn already!)
I'm going outside to rake some leaves! (I hear it's autumn already!)
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Tired of unambitious clocks that change the position of their hands but nothing else? Welcome to AI World Clocks: 9 clocks from 9 different models, updated per minute.
clocks.brianmoore.com
Now do lawnmowers!!
clocks.brianmoore.com
Now do lawnmowers!!
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Tired of unambitious clocks that change the position of their hands but nothing else? Welcome to AI World Clocks: 9 clocks from 9 different models, updated per minute.
clocks.brianmoore.com
Now do lawnmowers!!
clocks.brianmoore.com
Now do lawnmowers!!
Donald T#rump is the best proof that we're living in a simulation. From the name "Trump", to it actually being "Drumpf", to the self-applied orange skin, to the gold-plated everything, to the billionaire's hamberders, to the MTV cartoon sons. It's not a coincidence. It's a sign from our overlords.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Donald T#rump is the best proof that we're living in a simulation. From the name "Trump", to it actually being "Drumpf", to the self-applied orange skin, to the gold-plated everything, to the billionaire's hamberders, to the MTV cartoon sons. It's not a coincidence. It's a sign from our overlords.
Thank Heaven!!! (I hear all love counts there.)
I feel like a weight's been lifted.
I feel like a weight's been lifted.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thank Heaven!!! (I hear all love counts there.)
I feel like a weight's been lifted.
I feel like a weight's been lifted.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I had a fun interchange with #chatGPT to determine the eastern most head on Mt. Rushmore. The #AI kept explaining why its wrong answer was right. When #Gemini finally convinced it, ChatGPT lied about learning from its mistakes.
dweinberger.medium.com/chatgpt-is-o...
dweinberger.medium.com/chatgpt-is-o...
ChatGPT is oriented in space worse than I am. And that’s saying something.
The full transcript
dweinberger.medium.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I had a fun interchange with #chatGPT to determine the eastern most head on Mt. Rushmore. The #AI kept explaining why its wrong answer was right. When #Gemini finally convinced it, ChatGPT lied about learning from its mistakes.
dweinberger.medium.com/chatgpt-is-o...
dweinberger.medium.com/chatgpt-is-o...
BREAKING NEWS: Trump to tear down Mt. Rushmore's east wing. Lincoln to be replaced by the head of the highest bidder to honor America's Art of the Deal.
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Trump to tear down Mt. Rushmore's east wing. Lincoln to be replaced by the head of the highest bidder to honor America's Art of the Deal.
The Mac's new UI design makes me I feel like I'm using a toy computer designed for kiddies. Is that so bad?
Yes, it is.
Yes, it is.
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Mac's new UI design makes me I feel like I'm using a toy computer designed for kiddies. Is that so bad?
Yes, it is.
Yes, it is.
"Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky and Freud all lived within a short walk of each other in Vienna"
What would be the title of the one act play set in a Viennese café based on this fact?
via @mathewingram.com
newsletter.mathewingram.com/why-one-arli...
What would be the title of the one act play set in a Viennese café based on this fact?
via @mathewingram.com
newsletter.mathewingram.com/why-one-arli...
October 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky and Freud all lived within a short walk of each other in Vienna"
What would be the title of the one act play set in a Viennese café based on this fact?
via @mathewingram.com
newsletter.mathewingram.com/why-one-arli...
What would be the title of the one act play set in a Viennese café based on this fact?
via @mathewingram.com
newsletter.mathewingram.com/why-one-arli...
Jeesh! This Kurzweil guy was *way* ahead of his time!
www.amazon.com/How-Create-M... #Amazon #Kurzweil #oops
www.amazon.com/How-Create-M... #Amazon #Kurzweil #oops
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Jeesh! This Kurzweil guy was *way* ahead of his time!
www.amazon.com/How-Create-M... #Amazon #Kurzweil #oops
www.amazon.com/How-Create-M... #Amazon #Kurzweil #oops
Another entry for the "Headlines ignored at the start of cheap sci fi movies" club:
"Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find"
futurism.com/space/inters...
"Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find"
futurism.com/space/inters...
Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find
The mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is absolutely blasting out water at a staggering rate, astronomers found.
futurism.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Another entry for the "Headlines ignored at the start of cheap sci fi movies" club:
"Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find"
futurism.com/space/inters...
"Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find"
futurism.com/space/inters...
Ever wonder how far a Belgian Malinois dog can jump? Me neither, but be prepared for some high-flying @barkour. (via @mathewingram.com
x.com/gunsnrosesgi...
x.com/gunsnrosesgi...
Science girl on X: "Leap of a Belgian Malinois https://t.co/P31TSCIwQb" / X
Leap of a Belgian Malinois https://t.co/P31TSCIwQb
x.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ever wonder how far a Belgian Malinois dog can jump? Me neither, but be prepared for some high-flying @barkour. (via @mathewingram.com
x.com/gunsnrosesgi...
x.com/gunsnrosesgi...
This is mildly mind blowing. The word you hear is the one you are reading at the time. Brains are nuts.
www.reddit.com/r/blackmagic...
www.reddit.com/r/blackmagic...
From the blackmagicfuckery community on Reddit: Whattttt
Explore this post and more from the blackmagicfuckery community
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September 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is mildly mind blowing. The word you hear is the one you are reading at the time. Brains are nuts.
www.reddit.com/r/blackmagic...
www.reddit.com/r/blackmagic...
Creative ways to protect pedestrians in crosswalks
x.com/Thebestfigen...
via @mathewingram.com #traffic #funny
x.com/Thebestfigen...
via @mathewingram.com #traffic #funny
x.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Creative ways to protect pedestrians in crosswalks
x.com/Thebestfigen...
via @mathewingram.com #traffic #funny
x.com/Thebestfigen...
via @mathewingram.com #traffic #funny
I tried the new video- and talk-based Gemini AI app this morning, and the very first thing it said to me, unprompted, was "You look tired. Are you okay?".
For real.
For real.
September 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I tried the new video- and talk-based Gemini AI app this morning, and the very first thing it said to me, unprompted, was "You look tired. Are you okay?".
For real.
For real.
Outstanding Wired piece by @StevenLevy about how the Valley went MAGA. Great writing by someone who has been chronicling the Valley - its dreams, geniuses, failures, and now its utter political corruption - since well before it was the Valley. Pulitzer-worthy
www.wired.com/story/silico...
www.wired.com/story/silico...
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
www.wired.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Outstanding Wired piece by @StevenLevy about how the Valley went MAGA. Great writing by someone who has been chronicling the Valley - its dreams, geniuses, failures, and now its utter political corruption - since well before it was the Valley. Pulitzer-worthy
www.wired.com/story/silico...
www.wired.com/story/silico...
[SPOILER: Contains a NYT Xword hint]
Aren't things bad enough ... is the feeling you get as you do today's NY Times Crossword puzzle with the sinking realization that, yes, it's a product placement.
Aren't things bad enough ... is the feeling you get as you do today's NY Times Crossword puzzle with the sinking realization that, yes, it's a product placement.
September 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
[SPOILER: Contains a NYT Xword hint]
Aren't things bad enough ... is the feeling you get as you do today's NY Times Crossword puzzle with the sinking realization that, yes, it's a product placement.
Aren't things bad enough ... is the feeling you get as you do today's NY Times Crossword puzzle with the sinking realization that, yes, it's a product placement.
Here's a web server running on a cheap vape thingy.
bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/project...
It's cool, but the idea that it could probably run Doom (as a friend said) is unimpressive. I'm running Doom right now by shaking a box of paperclips.
bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/project...
It's cool, but the idea that it could probably run Doom (as a friend said) is unimpressive. I'm running Doom right now by shaking a box of paperclips.
Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape
Someone's trash is another person's web server.
bogdanthegeek.github.io
September 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Here's a web server running on a cheap vape thingy.
bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/project...
It's cool, but the idea that it could probably run Doom (as a friend said) is unimpressive. I'm running Doom right now by shaking a box of paperclips.
bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/project...
It's cool, but the idea that it could probably run Doom (as a friend said) is unimpressive. I'm running Doom right now by shaking a box of paperclips.
Lameen Souag: How "butterfly collecting" became the go-to example of something that's not actually science. To me, this is an excellent example of the compelling power of details.
lughat.blogspot.com/2017/10/butt...
lughat.blogspot.com/2017/10/butt...
Butterfly-collecting: the history of an insult
Chomsky's barb about butterfly-collecting has echoed in the ears of descriptive linguists for decades, and is sometimes blamed for the withe...
lughat.blogspot.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Lameen Souag: How "butterfly collecting" became the go-to example of something that's not actually science. To me, this is an excellent example of the compelling power of details.
lughat.blogspot.com/2017/10/butt...
lughat.blogspot.com/2017/10/butt...
There's a rumor that on Wednesday Jacob Collier is making a big announcement. My guess, guaranteed to be wrong, is that Paul McCartney wants to re-record the Beatles catalogue with him. Of course it's perfect as is, so maybe it's Paul Simon. You mis-heard it here first! 🫢
September 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
There's a rumor that on Wednesday Jacob Collier is making a big announcement. My guess, guaranteed to be wrong, is that Paul McCartney wants to re-record the Beatles catalogue with him. Of course it's perfect as is, so maybe it's Paul Simon. You mis-heard it here first! 🫢