Archive - Fear and Loathing in Silicon Valley

Oligarchic Brain Rot

Meet the hot new argument for antitrust and high marginal tax rates

Apr 2 •

February 2025

The Apex Predator of Mid TV

We live in the era of mid TV, which is defined by an overwhelming abundance of competently crafted but fundamentally unambitious television.

Feb 3 •

January 2025

The Second Great Realignment

In 1950, America’s leading political scientists published a seminal report called “Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System.” They argued that…

Jan 13 •

December 2024

In a healthy company culture, status should accrue to problem-solvers

Status and Culture by W.

Dec 5, 2024 •

August 2024

Self-serve analytics and other corporate accountability sinks

One of my scorching-hot takes about corporate life is that executives and managers should strive to see reality clearly. While this seems…

Aug 5, 2024 •

June 2024

On the origin of the self-hating Millennial technologist

Marc Andreessen and Andrew Chen, two venture capitalists (read: content creators) of the venture capital (read: content creation) firm a16z, recently…

Jun 3, 2024 •

May 2024

We are all public company CEOs

One prominent critique of public markets is that they incentivize short-run thinking at the expense of long-run thinking. Since public company…

May 6, 2024 •

April 2023

The horseshoe theory of organizational decision-making

And what data teams can do about it

Apr 4, 2023 •

November 2022

Asset valuation in the age of inequality

Elon Musk bought Twitter recently.

Nov 18, 2022 •

September 2022

The "I've Got Mine" Economy and the perils of remote work

I should get this out of the way: I love working remotely.

Sep 28, 2022 •

August 2022

A/B testing can be a part of your product development process — but only a part

A/B testing is a remarkable tool.

Aug 25, 2022 •

July 2022

Perception, reality, and the fundamental scaling problem of teams and companies

Scaling an organization is hard.

Jul 28, 2022 •

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