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This week my alma mater, the University of Houston, is ranked in the Top 25 in both football and basketball. The basketball team is currently ranked #2 in the nation, and the football team, after beating Arizona State...

The best thing I read this week was Resiliency and Scale by Ben Thompson. Ben Thompson is my favorite writer on the internet - my X bio says “Patron saint of Stratechery”. I’ve intentionally shied away from mentioning...

The best thing I read this week was The Most Precious Resource is Agency by Simon Sarris, about agency and the systematic dismantling of opportunities.

The best thing I read this week was Everything is Television by Derek Thompson, about how modern media consumption is converging toward television-like episodic video.

Stephen Hackett, writing at 512Pixels for an article titled iPhone Heir to the Throne, said of the iPhone Air:

The best thing I read this week was a Q&A between iRobot founder Rodney Brooks and Om Malik: iRobot Founder: Don’t Believe The (AI & Robotics) Hype!.

The best thing I read this week was The Blank Page Revolution on Adjacent Possible, about how the mass production of paper reshaped human thought and culture.

The best thing I read this week was an article from Colossus: AI Will Not Make You Rich, written by Venture Capitalist Jerry Neumann on who the real winners of the current AI boom will be.