May 2023 archive

Every article we published in May 2023.

May 1, 2023

Twitter’s Killer App: Real-Time Search

Anyone can search the past, but only Twitter can unearth the present

May 2, 2023

The Perils of Niching Down

The way creators are taught to pursue 1,000 true fans is broken

May 3, 2023

Robo-Coaches Are Here

How I learned to stop worrying and love the robots that tell me what to do

May 4, 2023

7 Reasons Media Is a No-Good, Horrible, Rotten Business That I Love Anyways

Plus a few things that bring me hope

May 5, 2023

AI Is Transforming Media Forever, Here's How

Dispatches from the frontier of technology and the written word

May 7, 2023

Robo-Coaches Are Here, The Perils of Niching Down, and more!

Everything we published this week

Every Team

May 8, 2023

Why You Should Give Up On Your Dreams

How dream bankruptcy can help you move forward in life and work

Casey Rosengren

May 9, 2023

Experiences Won't Make You Happier Than Possessions

Be skeptical of pop psychology studies

May 10, 2023

Noise-Canceling Filters for the Internet are Coming

What happens when “the algorithm” is just a prompt to GPT-4?

May 11, 2023

Why Are Republicans Better at Making Money on the Internet?

What consumer tech and media got wrong

May 12, 2023

Does GPT-4 Know Me Better Than My Girlfriend?

A dangerous question with fascinating answers

May 14, 2023

Why You Should Give Up On Your Dreams and More

Everything we published this week

Every Team

May 15, 2023

Stop Being Who You Aren’t

And find your “people” along the way

Michael Ashcroft

May 16, 2023

A Note About Notes

A form beloved by seventh graders and the internet

May 17, 2023

How I Got My Brain Back

Using observation, investigation, and productivity to understand my depression

May 18, 2023

Meet Your New Finance Intern: GPT-4

How AI will reshape what finance professionals do

May 19, 2023

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of 1-1 Learning

How to learn anything 98% better than average

May 21, 2023

Stop Being Who You Aren't, How I Got My Brain Back, and more!

Everything we published this week.

Every Team

May 22, 2023

The Perils of Prudence

Sometimes, caution is the riskiest strategy of all

May 23, 2023

You Aren't What You Do (Even if You Do What You Love)

Why conflating your worth with work is a recipe for disappointment

Simone Stolzoff

May 24, 2023

Five Core Fears That Warp Ambition

How to recognize when you’re playing not-to-lose, instead of to win

Casey Rosengren

May 25, 2023

Dying Whales and Dying Billionaires

A note about power

May 26, 2023

What I Learned Teaching 100 People To Code with AI

I guess I’m a programming teacher now

May 28, 2023

Dying Whales and Dying Billionaires, The Perils of Prudence, and more!

Everything we published this week

Every Team

May 30, 2023

In Pursuit of a Better Book

How AI fixes e-books' sins

May 31, 2023

A Depression Toolkit

How I finally broke through the fog

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