Evan Armstrong was a lead writer at Every who explored profit and power in technology in Napkin Math.
The complicated social and financial incentives at the heart of online publishing
A new distribution channel has opened
What video games can teach us about building billion-dollar companies
Why new devices are flopping—and how they might succeed
RIP to nerd Jesus
How to think about investing in a startup versus a public company
How MSCHF turns irreverent ideas into a real business
Plus a new course from Napkin Math!
Get in, loser—we’re disrupting Oracle
The market failures damning content to ever increasing sensationalism
The politics of progress has a new manual
I Have Some Thoughts To Share
Hint: Nvidia’s success is based on much more than chips
Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway got really big. Here’s why it might kill them.
A Review of An Ugly Truth
The Subtle Art of Manipulating CFOs
Notion: The Embattled Artist
The Unity Conundrum
Maybe the new world is the same as the old
Some researchers are convinced that we are on the cusp of superintelligence. Are they right?
Make your spreadsheets shape strategy
Why the best deals are done with no data at all
By reducing transaction costs, AI will reshape how companies operate and interact
The success of a dating app has huge implications for the U.S. economy