February 21, 2026
Thirty Days to What, Exactly
A viral AI curriculum thread contains useful technical orientation — buried inside manufactured urgency and unexamined economics.
Commentary4 min readAI EducationCritical Thinking
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February 21, 2026
When the Diagnosis Is the Product
Bryan Johnson's AI collapse thesis is sharp — right up until the moment it becomes a launch sequence for his own brand.
Commentary3 min readAI and SocietyCritical Thinking
February 20, 2026
Software Is a Social Contract
Hebbia's George Sivulka makes the best case yet for vertical software: the product isn't the code, it's the agreement. He's mostly right.
Commentary4 min readAI StrategyEnterprise Software
February 20, 2026
The Bottleneck Moved, but the Hype Didn't
Shubham Saboo says the only skills that matter in 2026 are AI-native ones. The workflow observations are real. The universality claim isn't.
Commentary4 min readAI SkillsAI Hype
February 20, 2026
The Cost of Reading Venture Capital Career Advice
Amy Tam frames AI career moves as compound interest. The judgment-over-execution insight is real. The urgency architecture is venture capital thinking applied where it doesn't belong.
Commentary4 min readAI SkillsAI Hype
February 20, 2026
The Distribution Problem Is Real, but It's Solvable
Obie Fernandez says your multi-year AI strategy is a death sentence. The advice is good. The 'one engineer, one weekend' framing isn't.
Commentary4 min readAI StrategyEnterprise Software
February 20, 2026
The Essay Still Waiting to Be Written
Packy McCormick's AI strategy framework is the best I've read this year. It's also written entirely for founders and investors. The rest of us are still waiting.
Commentary4 min readAI StrategyAI Hype
February 20, 2026
The Fund You Can't Invest In Proves You Should Let Robots Invest for You
Chamath uses Medallion Fund's returns to argue for autonomous AI investing. The example is unimpeachable. The leap from it to your portfolio isn't.
Commentary5 min readAI StrategyAI Hype
February 20, 2026
The Safety Net Has the Wrong-Shaped Holes
Annie Lowrey's Atlantic piece on AI and white-collar jobs nails the structural-vs-cyclical distinction. The forecast is shakier than the diagnosis.
Commentary4 min readAI and JobsAI Policy
February 20, 2026
Thirty-Three Dollars of Freelancer for Every Dollar of ChatGPT
A study using real spending data finds a 33:1 cost ratio when firms swap freelancers for AI. The number is real. What it generalises to is another matter.
Commentary4 min readAI and JobsAI Research
February 18, 2026
Pipes All the Way Down
Greg Isenberg declares the Skill Era of the Internet. The frame is good. The analogy to Stripe-style infrastructure is where it falls apart.
Commentary4 min readAI AgentsAI Strategy
February 18, 2026
The Heuristic Is Good. The Rest Is Staging.
Claire Vo's same-day heuristic for organisational speed is useful. The FOMO framing and fire-everyone prescription around it is not.
Commentary3 min readAI HypeAI Strategy
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