ten thousand takes on tech, culture, criticism, and bait

One of the great pleasures of writing this newsletter is meeting internet strangers who become dear friends and intellectual colleagues. About 3 or 4 months after I started this Substack, I met Jasmine Sun at a weekend co-writing event…and then very aggressively set out to befriend her. Jasmine is a former Substack PM, a cofounding editor of Reboot (which publishes an annual print magazine, Kernel), and now an independent writer. She’s also someone I admire enormously: every conversation with her is incredibly invigorating and thought-provoking. Speaking with her always makes me feel like my brain is overclocking—in a good way! So it was a huge pleasure to record a podcast with her about our favorite topics: tech, tech writing, culture, culture writing, the (supposed) death of the humanities, the future of criticism, what AI can do—and, crucially, what it can’t. You can find our conversation below (including a transcript!) and you can also subscribe to Jasmine’s podcast on Spotify, App

One of the great pleasures of writing this newsletter is meeting internet strangers who become dear friends and intellectual colleagues. About 3 or 4 months after I started this Substack, I met Jasmine Sun at a weekend co-writing event…and then very aggressively set out to befriend her. Jasmine is a former Substack PM, a cofounding editor of Reboot (which publishes an annual print magazine, Kernel), and now an independent writer. She’s also someone I admire enormously: every conversation with her is incredibly invigorating and thought-provoking. Speaking with her always makes me feel like my b