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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    Our Next Mountain or Our Own Grave (opens the original)

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    In 2018, Facebook built a war room to protect elections and invited reporters in to see it. What happened in the months before that is harder to show on a tour. This excerpt from Disrupting Politics picks up right after the Cambridge Analytica story broke, when it wasn't clear my team would survive the year.Pre-Order Disrupting Politics<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aPcQ!,f_

  2. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    AI Slop Isn't the Problem. AI Candy Is. (opens the original)

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    I was listening to Mark Zuckerberg talk about Meta’s future on the July 2026 earnings call when one phrase jumped out at me.He was talking about how AI is changing Facebook and Instagram’s recommendation systems, making them better at understanding not just what content is about, but why it’s compelling and what people are interested in.And then he described what comes next: “<a href="https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-tran

  3. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    The Canary in the Coal Mine (opens the original)

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    Disrupting Politics comes out October 6. Today's excerpt goes back to the spring of 2016: Maria Ressa warning Facebook about Duterte's disinformation machine — and the Trending Topics scandal that exploded on May 9 — the same day as the Philippine election.Pre-Order<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y5SN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-med

  4. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    Part II: The Reckoning (opens the original)

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    Disrupting Politics comes out October 6. From now through launch, I’m sharing excerpts — today, the opening of Part II: The Reckoning, where the story turns from building to consequences.Pre-Order<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!P56u!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf8ec761-484a-4

  5. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Why I'm Panicking Responsibly About AI Doomerism (opens the original)

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    It’s been quite the two weeks: an Anthropic staffer resigned in protest, Dario Amodei published a letter urging caution, Sam Altman and Elon Musk both suggested maybe we should slow down, and Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders are somehow<a href="https://w

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