Kyle has done it again, might be his best work yet youtu.be/qJBm1n8JUZ8?...
Kyle Gordon - Mr. Jambo (feat. Barry Bergen) [Official Music Video]
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Adam Singer
@adamsinger.bsky.social
Tech VP, music composer, blogger since 2004 (join us: https://adamsinger.substack.com/welcome)
River is obsessed with the deer behind our house, wishes he could chase them
My takeaway from that Atlantic piece on literacy is that AI has, perhaps counterintuitively, made long form reading more valuable since it's now more scarce www.hottakes.space/p/the-post-l...
The post-literate age is here
All you have to do is be able to read full books to have an advantage over most of the population
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Recently watched Looper and really couldn't have better lessons for a lot of people here www.hottakes.space/p/looper-is-...
Looper is the best movie about the pact with your future self
Sure, it's a time travel movie, but that's not really the point
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Really enjoyed this interview with Bob Odenkirk, worth adding to your PL for sure www.youtube.com/watch?v=u50v...
Bob Odenkirk Would Like to Remind You That Life Is a Meaningless Farce | The Interview
YouTube video by The Interview
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Enjoyable vlog on Riker (as an OG Trek nerd I will never not click Star Trek TNG analysis) youtu.be/tML8IqvNCyc?...
Why Commander Riker Is The Best
YouTube video by The Art Of Storytelling
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This week's longform idea, we're talking about how you should worry less (research shows the vast majority of things people worry about never come true) www.hottakes.space/p/you-should...
You should worry far less
The numbers on worry are even more absurd than you think
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Agree with this fully, I take the time to curate new music specifically to share interesting artists doing cool things with friends. Have curated >30 hours of tunes here, free and open to all -> soundcloud.com/adamsinger/s...
oceans_of_mona 🏳️⚧️@vanillablue.bsky.social · 3mo agoI'm 51 years old. Obv there's a lot of movies & tons of music from the 80s, 90s, and 00s that I think is amazing and I will surely love forever. But there was a lot of CRAP in that era too. And there is a ton of new, vibrant, amazing music and movies being made right now. Just gotta go seek em out.
This week's longform idea, is on "The sword and shield of curious skepticism" www.hottakes.space/p/the-sword-...
The sword and shield of curious skepticism
A call to intellectual arms
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This from @anildash.com is good, people love to work hard for great teams who treat them well and compensate appropriately. I always hated the media narrative that people don't want to work, because it's antithetical to everything I've experienced in the world www.anildash.com/2026/04/06/p...
Actually, people love to work hard - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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This week's longform idea, we're sharing more evidence short form video is rotting your brain www.hottakes.space/p/more-evide...
More evidence short form video is rotting your brain
Brain scans illustrate what common sense already knows
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New longform idea this week, we're talking about how NIMBYs are the real villains www.hottakes.space/p/nimbys-are...
NIMBYs are the real villains
And Napa Valley, California has the most virulent strain you can imagine
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Today we're writing about the AI industry's narrative problem www.hottakes.space/p/ais-narrat...
AI's narrative problem
When you fail to give people a reason to root for the future, don’t be surprised when they start fighting against it
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This week on the blog, we're talking about the most influential crank in modern history www.hottakes.space/p/the-most-i...
The most influential crank in modern history
The media made Paul Ehrlich, but history unmade him
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I once got a DMCA takedown notice for posting my own song to a social network. They did reverse it but it felt really dystopian www.techdirt.com/2026/03/03/o...
OPM Musical Artist Gets Copyright Notice For Performing His Own Song
It’s a tale as old as time, assuming time began a decade or two ago. A music artist who just wants to make and perform their craft gets on the internet and performs the song he or she created…
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Really cool product I found - all steel coffee maker that makes a full 12 cups. I've looked for years for this and someone is finally building it. The Chemex is cool and I use it all the time but this is def easier (and it's only $80) puresteelco.com
Home | Puresteel
Drip-style coffee maker designed for wellness and longevity. Everything is stainless steel including the tank, valves, showerhead, pipe, and body.
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A collection of resources about the dangers of AI www.hilarylayne.com/p/against-th...
Against the Artificial
A collection of resources about the dangers of AI
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Fun conversation with @adamconover.net & @emollick.bsky.social always enjoy seeing skeptics and bulls discuss things amicably www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bDV...
An AI Expert Challenges an AI Skeptic, with Ethan Mollick
YouTube video by Adam Conover
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Some of my favorite stories from this year ICYMI, I hope all of you have a wonderful break and enjoy time with friends and family www.hottakes.space/p/favorite-s...
Favorite stories from 2025
And a quick thank you for being part of this community
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two trivias about this video: 1. Soundtrack by @adamsinger.bsky.social 2. the colors are a side effect of the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption, that tinted the southern sky for several months with really crazy colors.
Amanhecer em Camburi.
YouTube video by jotatx
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Good video, I talk about a lot of the ideas presented here and danger of outsourcing all cognitive and creative work to machines on the blog all the time. There's no way you can do that without tradeoffs, in fact we have plenty of ex this is true in existing areas www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcol...
The AI Paradox
YouTube video by Art of the Problem
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Big tech's war on hyperlinks continues. Build an email list from your followers on those platforms while you still can. The window to do this is shrinking, then may be gone forever. Eventually there will be a day you will reach no one unless you pay -whether it has links or otherwise
New on the blog - the easy traffic days are gone. If there ever even was any sort of internet social contract, it's been broken for years. You have to operate with this in mind and can't act surprised when tactics of the past stop working www.hottakes.space/p/internet-c...
Internet companies don't owe anyone free traffic
It's incredible people still haven't realized this and hedged against it
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This week's longform idea we're talking about how some friction in your life is good. Creative work isn't assembly line work. It's something different and transcendent. You want it to have real meaning, not just be faster and cheaper www.hottakes.space/p/some-frict...
Some friction is good
The people who want a totally frictionless world are nihilistic, empty and lost
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If you don't yet feel disgust when you see people (or yourself) watching short form video, you should. Here's some research if you need it. www.hottakes.space/p/short-form...
Short form video is a cancer of the mind
If you don't yet feel disgust when you see people (or yourself) watching SFV, you should. Here's some research if you need it.
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Hard to believe that a few years ago there was genuine mainstream discourse about tech companies shifting to 4-day work weeks while today companies are bragging about “AI productivity gains” yet it’s all about 996.
Appreciate @profgalloway.com's ongoing effort to reach out to young men. If more of us don't do this there will just become more groypers and other extremists youtu.be/fcjmd_ClJJo?...
Scott Galloway - Empathy for Men Is Not a Zero-Sum Game in "Notes on Being a Man" | The Daily Show
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