John BattelleIs The Gray Lady Going Soft?The other day my wife and I heard a report on our local public radio station that mentioned the Biden Administration’s American Climate…·7 min read·Apr 30, 2024----
John BattelleLet’s Share Some SacrificeOld people are always complaining about how things were harder when they were young.·4 min read·Apr 19, 2024--1--1
John BattellePlease Don’t Turn My TV Into A SmartphoneRemember the “year of mobile”? That was the five-year period from roughly 2007 to 2012, when industry pundits annually declared that…·5 min read·Apr 2, 2024----
John BattelleThe Internet Isn’t Special. Real Space Is. Larry Lessig on Our Failure To Regulate TechI’ve known Larry Lessig for more than 25 years, and throughout that time, I’ve looked to him for wisdom — and a bit of pique — when it…·19 min read·Feb 14, 2024----
John BattelleVint Cerf And The Internet Driver’s Licensehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrV3yTMCkNg·22 min read·Feb 9, 2024----
John BattelleIs Google Being Too Cautious?As hype escalated around the debut of ChatGPT more than a year ago, I predicted that OpenAI and Microsoft would rapidly develop consumer…·4 min read·Feb 9, 2024----
John BattelleShoot The Messenger, Not the StaffI predicted the death of Jimmy Finkelstein’s The Messenger as soon as I read about its impending launch back in March of last year. At the…·2 min read·Feb 1, 2024--1--1
John BattelleWhy Google Won’t Answer This One Simple QuestionReading Ben Thompson’s coverage of Google’s earnings call this week, one thing jumps out, and simply can’t be ignored: Google CEO Sundar…·2 min read·Jan 31, 2024--1--1