Adam Singer

YouTube video by Veritasium How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet

welp, they've ruined microwave popcorn for me www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC2e...

The inefficient and fake market of media and influencers Legacy trades are overpriced, influencers are unserious, and AI bros are building fake prestige

New story this week, writing on the inefficient and fake market of media and influencers www.hottakes.space/p/the-ineffi...

Should have kept to 280 characters

This is separate from anything else, but IDK why he doesn't just have a blog. The UX of sharing his 5,000 word screeds is just unreadable on Twitter. Does he have no one at his firm to help him with the internet? More people would def read his essays if he had a Substack or self-hosted site

lol I in fact do lurk on many forums

250K per year is plenty of income If you don't feel rich here, you probably never will

This week's longform idea, we're talking about how 250K is plenty of income, you should feel rich enough on that (this would be classified as being in the .1% of global earners!) www.hottakes.space/p/250k-per-y...

Unrelated but the Techdirt comment section is one of the better places on the internet, I have enjoyed it for 2 decades now on multiple dimensions (sometimes insightful, sometimes just really funny)

I deleted my account years ago, but I never really got into posting there in the first place so wasn't hard to do

Recent stories you might have missed Also happy July 4th week to all - congrats, you made it halfway through the year

No new story this week, but here's 10 you might have missed www.hottakes.space/p/recent-sto...

The education trap Learning is great, just don't get too far ahead of your actual abilities

This week's longform idea, we're talking about the education trap - with access to the best people in your field just a click away, it's possible to get stuck in a state of constantly learning but never actually doing anything www.hottakes.space/p/the-educat...

AI is already making us less creative Two recent pieces of research come to the same conclusion, as does common sense

New story on the blog - on how AI is already making us less creative www.hottakes.space/p/ai-is-alre...

I have some friends who gamble about things on the way to the casino (what kind of car will pull up behind them at the drive through). They have big gambling problem

I feel like any job that can be done like this is something AI will actually take in the very near term

Is it call center work or something? I just don't see how someone would get away with this in a *real* position at a real company. Has to be really low level work. Also imagine knowing this little about your team!

this is wild, for every remote job I've had I actually still met the team in person first - seems like an easy solution here (why are you paying FTEs without meeting them? it truly isn't hard)

You don't always have to publish Showing a bit of restraint is a lost art

Showing some restraint in a world of AI is a lost art www.hottakes.space/p/you-dont-a...

There *is* a scenario AI actually forces us to make better culture. If just a click creates the same thing as a pop star (and this is the style it can actually do) then maybe we'll start to value interesting work again. I am being optimistic of course

We live in a world of optimizers, not auteurs Cultural makers and technologists have all succumbed to the banality of the crowd

Cultural makers and technologists have all succumbed to the banality of the crowd www.hottakes.space/p/we-live-in...

The unconscious epiphany It's not real, but maybe still keep pen and paper next to your nightstand just in case

I had an idea for "the perfect blog post" last night just before I fell asleep. But I didn't remember it this morning, of course. So here is a consolation prize www.hottakes.space/p/the-uncons...

does it taste like a strawberry? it looks like a strawberry. I had dragonfruit juice the other day (kinda rare in US?) and it was very good

The Price of Remission When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

An incredible read.

"But Revlimid is also, I soon learned, extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each daily pill. (Although, I later discovered, a capsule costs just 25 cents to make.)"

cc @mcuban.bsky.social for your team

www.propublica.org/article/revl...

Bay Area is def much higher % of EV ownership than an average market in America, I am aware

Introducing AdQuick Go: the future of self-serve OOH Out-of-home (OOH) advertising has long been a powerful tool for brands looking to make an impact in the physical world. But for enterprises and distributed teams like franchises, insurance agents, and...

Big launch from our team today: fast, self-service OOH for the enterprise. Click a few buttons online, upload your creative and we'll print and install billboards for your team. No RFPs, no agency negotiations or contracts. Couldn't be simpler. The future is cool for digital -> physical world work.

oh man I remember this

The placebo adherence effect Why doing a useless thing actually does feel like it's helping

This week on the blog, we're discussing the placebo adherence effect, something I learned about from a friend who works in drug development www.hottakes.space/p/the-placeb...

YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO Masculinity Debate: Are Dating Apps Creating Incels?! Lonely Men Are More Dangerous Than Ever!

Great conversation with @profgalloway.com & Logan Ury that's worth your time on the problems with modern dating www.youtube.com/watch?v=li70...

You can't prompt your way to meaning AI isn't useless, but personal fulfillment from creative work is equal to what was sacrificed to make it

Put down thoughts on AI again this morning, for those interested in such things www.hottakes.space/p/you-cant-p...

sweet ride

Yeah gas cars def make more sense for this still

Interesting thanks for the comment Craig this is exactly the sort of specific commentary I was hoping to get (working on a story on this topic)