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Joan Westenberg

Writes about tech + humans + philosophy. Used to do venture capital stuff so she's forever a bad person.

pepsi's misadventures in the ussr: how not to navigate authoritarian markets

the cost of easy living

the art of long-term thinking in a short-sighted world

modern work fucking sucks.

abs of steel, soul of dust

rip expertise (the death of knowledge)

object pages: a free, simple physical notes system

the mortality matrix: a framework for decision-making in an overwhelmed world

the decline: liberalism on the ropes

new unfunded: how relume built a profitable ai-powered design tool

substack's ticking time bomb

the undecided voter is a fucking myth

the hidden cost of free content

yeah, nah, let's talk about *that* poll

the try guys and the limitations of creator subscriptions

lies, damn lies and chatbots

why 'draining the swamp' is a lie

goodbye, reddit: how the internet’s front page is eating itself

how the internet's front page is eating itself

the new digital world order?

the duty democrats can't ignore

the radical centrism fallacy

why most of what you believe is bullshit

the political media dumpster fire: how we got here and why it's worse than you think

the fuck it guide to content

why op-eds don't belong in the new york times

shitposting our way through the singularity

boredom: the superpower you're still afraid to use

the bro science delusion

why we need fiction

why you can't build a revolution on white people

not everything is fucking dystopian

fuck the high ground. the democrats found the fight

new video essay: how twitter became the loneliest reich

the liberation of letting go: how to give up your dreams

how the “thought experiment” became the royal flush of intellectual bullshit

truth social, twitter and the loneliest reich

triggered by trigger warnings: the irony of outrage

the bruised egos of the intellectual narcissists

the mind-bending reality of non-euclidean social networks

alphas and anguish: unmasking the manosphere's exploitation of men

the hollow outrage of the moral panic influencers

getting canceled is a fucking goldmine

nazis aren’t protestors. they’re wankers.

the bait-and-switch crisis: a dangerous disconnect between headlines and content

nobody who says they're "just asking questions" actually wants an answer

the art of looking like an idiot

words for sale: how ‘writing coaches’ exploit aspiring authors

make small men feel small again

the tech industry's flip-flop fucking morality

hustle culture is fucking cringe

the future of storytelling is indie

a rare week of progressive dominance

fuck progressive purity politics.

when does self-care become narcissism?

there will be no violins (a novel)

the f-word we're too fucking scared to say

fuck looking for the helpers. be one.

the truth behind authoritarian 'economic miracles'

macro-morons with micro-visions: the vc disaster tour

cobra theory in action: how we fucked the internet

the anxiety epidemic

all-you-can-eat media is our fault and our problem

my writing stack

unsolicited medical advice fucking sucks.

the art of not sharing

a question of power

fate and free will in a fucked up world

beyond the billion-dollar playbook

generational labels are bullshit

the anti-biden flat-earthers

the billion dollar con

creators don't need your rage. they need your support.

the internet's original sin

"this is just like 1984!"

6 months ago, i left the bullshit industrial complex

tech's accountability tantrum is pathetic

tucker carlson is putin's lord haw-haw

how ted talks became the picotop of millennial intellectualism

rss: the forgotten protocol that still matters

introducing "unfunded" - the bootstrapped podcast

the $375m slice

the perils of purity politics

don't reply to rage-bait

the soylent delusion and the folly of food-hacking

the charisma cult

a dream goes dark: how nuclear power lost its way

the canva-ification of everything.

paying a living wage won’t fuck the world.

a republic, if you can keep it: how 2024 rhymes with the 1850s