Evan Armstrong

Evan is the lead writer at Every. He explores power and profit in technology in his twice-weekly Napkin Math column.

Jan 27, 2022

Will Tokens Replace Equity?

The Weird Future Ahead

Aug 13, 2024

The Addiction Economy

Addicted, overwhelmed, oversubscribed: How technology hooked the world

Feb 29, 2024

Reddit: The Internet’s Bellwether

Is AI training a sustainable business model for the future?

Apr 5, 2022

Twitter’s Shot at Becoming a Meme Stock

It’s Musk's world and we’re just tweeting in it

Jun 23, 2022

Facebook’s Capitulation

Abandoning a Trillion Dollar Advantage

Jun 22, 2022

Are We Really Addicted?

An interview with Nir Eyal

Oct 24, 2024

How to Win Arguments and Manipulate Managers

Make your spreadsheets shape strategy

Apr 21, 2022

Microsoft should buy Netflix

Netflix and Bill

Jan 31, 2022

Spotify’s Quest to Own Your Ear

A Napkin Math and Trapital Production

Oct 3, 2024

OpenAI Launches a Document and Code Editor Integrated Into ChatGPT

Canvas is an Artifacts competitor aiming at the future of AI-human collaboration

Jan 11, 2024

The Books, Videos, Movies, and TV Shows That Changed Me Last Year

If you want to develop great taste, you must taste a lot of stuff

May 7, 2024

The Right Kind of Asshole

A founder’s personality can differentiate them—or destroy them

May 28, 2021

ITDA: The Gamification of Financial Statements

How governments and companies are engaged in mutual manipulation

Jun 21, 2024

You Can’t Math Your Way to Success

Whether in art, startups, or parenting, you can only control so much

Jul 30, 2024

Tinder Is Way More Important Than You Think

The success of a dating app has huge implications for the U.S. economy

Jun 4, 2024

AI Is Transforming the Nature of the Firm

By reducing transaction costs, AI will reshape how companies operate and interact

Aug 27, 2024

Benevolent Billionaire or Despot—Or Both?

A new book on Bill Gates asks: How do you measure a billionaire’s net impact on the world?

Sep 12, 2024

The Button Problem of AI

What’s the real reason AI hasn’t yet delivered on its hype?

Jun 30, 2022

Look On My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair

I Have Some Thoughts To Share

Aug 18, 2022

What is an Asset?

Plus a new course from Napkin Math!

Aug 22, 2024

Copy Rights and Wrongs

Who owns the output of AI—the machines or the creators?

Apr 22, 2021

Am I getting ripped off writing at Every?

Screenshots of my contract and the financial model I used to decide

Jul 16, 2024

What I Got Wrong About VR

Whoopsie, I may have gotten a little excited

Mar 23, 2022

BIG announcement incoming

I'm going full time on Napkin Math