Seeking out the end of the long tail
Weekly update on what I'm working on / thinking about / writing in my notebook. I’m trying to make this feel like a mashup of my OG personal blog (teendrama!) and the weekly “snippets” I used to write as CEO.
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<p>The opposite of doomscrolling: Every two weeks (roughly) I send you a collection of the best Internet reading I've found -- links to culture, technology, art and science that fascinated me. Full, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/">free archives here</a>.</p><p>I'm Clive Thompson, a longtime science and tech reporter (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://authory.com/clivethompson"><em>Wired</em>, <em>New York Times Magazine</em></a>), book author (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539883/coders-by-clive-thompson/"><em>Coders</em></a>) and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://clivethompson.medium.com">blogger</a>. I'm at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:clive@clivethompson.net">clive@clivethompson.net</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://saturation.social/@clive">on Mastodon.</a></p><p>The Linkfest is pay-what-you want. Put your email below and boom you're subscribed, for free!</p><p>It'll tell you to "upgrade your subscription" -- but you don't need to, unless you want to put in a <strong>monthly</strong> amount below to support this project, and obtain my <em>undying regard.</em> It's <em>Guardian</em>-style economics here; folks who support it help keep it free for rest of the entire planet.</p>
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