The new slot machines of thought — AI’s infinite scroll and the quiet outsourcing of our intention.| www.workingtheorys.com
The Craft 003: A conversation with founder Avi Schiffman on conviction, AI companionship, and launching the first version of Friend.| www.workingtheorys.com
Fear of disappointing people you've already impressed is more paralyzing than fear of impressing nobody at all.| www.workingtheorys.com
On 5 types of human work in the gentle singularity.| www.workingtheorys.com
A conversation with Dipa Halder, software engineer turned full-time artist.| www.workingtheorys.com
What remains when we automate most manual labor and cognitive labor?| www.workingtheorys.com
The operating system of our era — and why every empire will be half-media, half-machine.| Working Theorys
A conversation about craft, code, and creative freedom with indie game artisan Neal Agarwal, creator of Neal.fun.| www.workingtheorys.com
The Great Movie Theory of creation.| www.workingtheorys.com
Culture wars are won through aesthetics.| www.workingtheorys.com
I published 52 pieces this year (plus favorite tweets and an essay from the vault).| Working Theorys
Just as software ate the world and dramatically transformed industries in the last era, taste is now eating software—and with it, Silicon Valley.| Working Theorys
Learning anything comes down to two things: practice and performance.| Working Theorys
Ascendancy in any domain is a game of two moves: self-made wins and high-status vouches. You alternate between the two, taking leaps from one step to the next, aiming for that mythical high point. You are built by your achievements and by the belief others have in you.| Working Theorys
Theory #42 | In the age of AI, software creators, like content creators, will emerge as the industry’s non-professional creative class.| www.workingtheorys.com