In October 2023, Marc Andreessen published a 5,200-word manifesto declaring that intelligence and energy in a positive feedback loop would make "everything we want and need abundant." When Dwarkesh Patel — who had interviewed Andreessen earlier that year — responded with criticism, Andreessen blocked him on Twitter. The manifesto's thesis was that friction is the … Continue reading Selection for Signal: How Systems Learn to Prefer Propagation Over Truth
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The Machinery of Shallow Triumphs: The Structural Disinformation of Prestige Journalism
When omission becomes disinformation: (1) available at publication time, (2) changes analytical meaning of reported facts, (3) outlet's authority means most readers stop there. On February 13, 2026, the New York Times published its lead story on the Bangladesh election. The headline: "Bangladeshis Vote in Droves for Constitutional Change." The framing: a triumph of democratic … Continue reading The Machinery of Shallow Triumphs: The Structural Disinformation of Prestige Journalism
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