Trillion-dollar PDFs | Read Max on Patreon
Greetings from Read Max HQ! In this week's column — now arriving in inboxes on Sunday mornings — notes toward an exploration of the "trillion-dollar PDF" as a form or genre. On this week's Hard Fork, I talked with my boon companion Erin Griffith about Anthropic's S-1, before we were joined by Mike Isaac and Jasmine Sun for a broad discussion of the role of (and effects on) tech of the coming midterms, Microsoft's layoffs, cybersecurity's Black October, the California Billionaire Tax, and the sleeper stories we're tracking this week. Listen above, or on the podcast platform of your choice! And a reminder: Read Max is a subscription enterprise. If you'd like access to our archives — including nearly six years' worth of movie and book recommendations — all you need is $5 (monthly) or $50 (yearly) — about the price of a beer or espresso drink, depending on location. You can subscribe here. On Thursday a new single-serving website appeared: "Commanding Heights," by the investors Will Manidi