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John Battelle

@battellemedia.com

Wary of "social media" these days. Starting to write more. Founder/CEO of lotsa media/tech/event companies.

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John Battelle@battellemedia.com · 4w ago

Karp and Nadella are arguing that a novel tech platform - AI models, in this case - are positioning themselves as voracious monopolies who will ultimately control ... well, everything. To this notion I ask: Where have they been these past 25 years? battellemedia.com/archives/202...

John Battelle's Search Blog Who Stole My Alpha?

Have you seen Alex Karp’s rant on CNBC? I fielded this question about a dozen times over the past week. If you’ve not yet watched, it’s well worth your time. In a conspiratorial d…

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John Battelle@battellemedia.com · last yr.

AI may be the struck match, but the Internet is the fire itself. And we’d be wise to not outsource the power of that fire to a cadre of evangelists bent on convincing us that they alone can save us from the flames. battellemedia.com/archives/202...

John Battelle's Search Blog Is AI the “Big Bang” or Merely a “Turning Point”? Much Depends on the Answer

According to scholar Carlota Perez, one of tech’s most revered theorists, society regularly goes through technology-driven “revolutions.” These structural cycles can take fifty ye…

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Kate Starbird@katestarbird.bsky.social · last yr.

Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.

John Battelle@battellemedia.com · last yr.

Nice to see Google has already gotten a return on its investment in our sitting President. Wonder if they're also buying memecoins. www.wired.com/story/dhs-yo...

The US Has Spent Over $500,000 on Hyper-Targeted YouTube Ads to Discourage Irregular Migration

A WIRED investigation reveals that the US Department of Homeland Security has deployed at least 30 YouTube ads since April 1 to threaten irregular migrants with deportation and a ban on reentry.

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