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Can Google Save Itself? Only If It’s

[Second in a series, first post here]

2d ago

Can Google Save Itself? Only If It’s

2d ago

Google Jujitsu: Stop Fighting the Future and Start Powering It

Over the past 25 or so years, I’ve argued that Google has built a massive database of intentions — the aggregate result of every search…

4d ago

Google Jujitsu: Stop Fighting the Future and Start Powering It

4d ago

That DOC Thing — What’s That All About?

An old friend asked me what I was up to the other day, and despite two years having passed since I started getting that question (here’s…

May 4

That DOC Thing — What’s That All About?

May 4

OpenAI’s Projections Beat Apple, Google, and Facebook’s Best Years. Do You Buy It?

I’ve been traveling for the past week, and ignoring the news as best as one can while on the road. But when The Information posted this…

Apr 29

OpenAI’s Projections Beat Apple, Google, and Facebook’s Best Years. Do You Buy It?

Apr 29

On AI: Memory, Identity, and Lock-In

As generative AI reaches a fever pitch of investment, product releases, and hype, most of us have ignored a profound flaw as we march…

Apr 15

On AI: Memory, Identity, and Lock-In

Apr 15

Published in
Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

A Committee of Stochastic Parrots

I’m going to try to write something difficult. I don’t know if I’m going to pull it off, but that’s kind of the point. This is how writers…

Apr 11

A Committee of Stochastic Parrots

Apr 11

Zuck and Trump: What’s the Deal?

There is so much…sh*t flooding the zone of late, it’s hard to grok it all. But when the CEO of one of the richest and most morally…

Apr 3

Zuck and Trump: What’s the Deal?

Apr 3

Published in
Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

We’re Living Much Longer. Maybe We Need College for Elders?

For the past 10 or so years I’ve harbored a mostly secret desire to return to graduate school. Part of this is because I’m a frustrated…

Apr 13

We’re Living Much Longer. Maybe We Need College for Elders?

Apr 13

Facebook Wants Us Back. Will We Go?

Earlier this week I met a fellow who, among very many other things, is a member of a bicycling group based where I live. Given that I live…

Mar 28

Facebook Wants Us Back. Will We Go?

Mar 28

Google to the News Industry: You’re Worthless.

There’s an old maxim in the news business: Stories in which a dog bites a man are uninteresting. But a man biting a dog? Now that’s worth…

Mar 26

Google to the News Industry: You’re Worthless.

Mar 26

John Battelle

John Battelle

A Founder of DOC, The Recount, NewCo, Federated Media, sovrn Holdings, Web 2 Summit, Wired, Industry Standard; writer on Media, Technology, Culture, Business

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