The Curious Case of Steve Bannon’s Tactics
Self-described Leninist Steve Bannon recognized that online platforms and movement tactics can be turned into political weapons. His success shows how tactics developed for solidarity can be twisted i
Random Digest: September 6, 2025
10 hand-picked articles from our collection
This digest was algorithmically curated to spark serendipity and encourage intellectual wandering. Each article was chosen at random from our recent collection, creating unexpected connections and delightful discoveries across diverse topics and perspectives.
Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
On Dan Wang’s Brand-New "Breakneck": The World's Dynamos China & America, & Building Our Common Global Future Home
The Sledgehammer & the Gavel at Dawn & Dusk: Synthesis, strife, and the race to shape the twenty-first century; how China & America build—and block—their common future. Dan Wang’s brand-new...
Inside the AI Industry's Plot to Kill AGI
They had a dream, then turned nightmare
Monday links: building something from scratch
"Systems collapse, things break down, and time tends irreversibly towards disorder and eventual annihilation"
"Systems collapse, things break down, and time tends irreversibly towards disorder and eventual annihilation"
Essence is fluttering
As Zhuangzi saw, there is no immutably true self. Instead our identity is as dynamic and alive as a butterfly in flight - by Alexander Douglas Read on Psyche
Inside a Georgia beach’s high-tech fight against erosion
Armed with drones and lasers, scientists are creating detailed 3D maps of Tybee Island’s shifting shoreline.
respect for the problem
more wisdom from Will
How to become President of China with Dan Wang
Episode five of the Works in Progress podcast is about why China outbuilds America
Josh Hawley’s ‘huge win’ will be a big loss for clean energy — and ratepayers
It's only been a few weeks since the Trump administration and Missouri Republicans killed the Grain Belt Express transmission line, but it's already clear rates will go up.