It's a statue, it doesn't feel anything

New post: Art in the Age of Crypto Reproduction

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I used to never have my cellphone in my dreams. At some point. Now I sometimes find myself staring at my iPhone in my dreams.

It feels as if these devices have crossed over into being part of our subconscious.

There's a scene from Civil War, also in the trailer, where Jesse Plemons asks 'What kind of American are you? You don't know?'

It's an ironic echo of the discourse about the movie ever since the trailer dropped, where both people on the left and right regard the movie with

That was the greatest end to a UFC fight I’ve ever seen

I'll be speaking at this event tomorrow in NYC. I'll be discussing how and why writing morphed from offline to online, and what that might mean for writing in the age of LLM's.

Come by and say hello!

I had no idea they were making a sequel to A Star is Born
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One small earthquake out East and the person working the emergency alert system is going ham this needs to stop

My first NY earthquake

I have not been to Paris or London since before the pandemic. Where should I go eat in each?

He who controls the GPU's controls the universe

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TIL: Walt Disney invented the system that uses green circles, blue squares, and black diamonds to designate the difficulty of ski trails.
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Didn’t think I’d see Bad Bunny presenting an Oscar to The Zone of Interest

Well I guess that’s one way to boost ratings…

RIP David Bordwell. He treated film with not just love but respect, and in doing so he elevated my understanding of what the medium was capable of. So sad I won't be able to read new blog posts by him ever again.

The new “Titanic me” at the bow of a ship is renting this Airbnb to drop kick your husband out the attic to his death

The massive sequel everyone’s been waiting for drops this weekend

this AMA with Eugene Wei was great! check it out below - covers everything from social network design, to the future of X, to crypto, to films

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