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Modern capitalism has been an object of considerable public debate over the past 10 years, and while I’m not particularly inclined to join our ongoing conversation about the historic merits or contemporary failings of Western markets, I will say this: we…

Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images A few weeks ago I was castigated by a Sharp Tech emailer who was upset with me for not speaking up on behalf of normies who are terrified by AI risk.

Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Almost as soon as the U.S. began the war in Iran, an international consensus decided that it was a terrible idea.

Natalie Behring/Getty Images It was only back in May that Ben Thompson and I recorded an episode of Sharp Tech titled “Much Ado About Data Centers.”

There will come a time when we as a society can safely ignore the content on Truth Social, but alas, we all have miles to go before we sleep.

Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images At the end of last week’s Sharp Tech, we had a great time retracing the ruthless steps that Ken Griffin and his Citadel hedge fund took to acquire Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness book at a steep discount in the…

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images There’s been so much complaining about the second apron over the past several weeks that as a chronically disagreeable person who’s skeptical of consensus, and particularly internet consensus, I do find myself tempted to

Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix Today’s headline poses a question you’ve probably never thought to ask, so I’ll start with my answer: yes, Netflix is washed now.

Dean Treml/Getty Images Everyone should care less about politics than they currently do, so this is not a detail I share proudly, but I spent a good portion of my July 4th weekend working my way through a two-hour conversation between Ezra Klein and Chris…

On the way into a much-needed vacation next week, I’m going to do something I’ve never done with this space and promise to do only sparingly, and responsibly, in the future: I will write about my favorite basketball team.

Dustin Satloff/Getty Images It’s been nearly a week since Game 5, and I’m still flabbergasted by how much fun the NBA Finals were, how cinematic it all became, and how many 50/50 calls went against the Knicks—none of which mattered in the end!

Thierry Monasse/Getty Images In addition to capitalism and the modern rule of law, the U.K. gave the world Pax Britannica, a period of nearly 100 years in which the Royal Navy controlled international waterways, secured global trade, and avoided any great…