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A great Swedish-Egyptian noir movie, rich-kid art, and more underrated trip-hop
Roundup 6/26/2022
Jun 26
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AI Is Going to Put Posters Out of Business
Playing around with GPT-3
Jun 24
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What's the deal with all those weird wrong-number texts?
Digging into the world of "pig-butchering" scams
Jul 1
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How to vote in Brooklyn, the best video ever + a trip-hop special
Roundup 6/19/2022
Jun 19
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"Dune" (the movie), annotated
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Is web3 bullshit?
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How to have a career as a journalist in 2022
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Is LaMDA Mount Everest?
Considering the Google engineer who believes a chatbot is sentient
Jun 14
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Read Max Roundup 6/12/2022
'Internet for the People,' 'You Can Live Forever,' Elon Musk is a bad poster
Jun 12
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Web3 as a "speculative community"
This new book provides an interesting framework for thinking about platforms and crypto
Jun 10
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Vibes, ancient tanks, commodity traders, ambient music
Roundup 6/5/2022
Jun 5
6
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Who was "The Enemy" in 'Top Gun: Maverick'?
And other questions about the 'Top Gun' sequel
Jun 2
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Lubricated social networks, great action movies that work without sound, and other pressing questions
Mailbag 5/26/2022
May 26
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What I'm reading + a call for mail
Roundup 5/17/2022
May 18
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QUIZ: Can you match the celebrity to the profile headline?
A Read Max Puzzler™
May 11
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