Mar 8, 2022
I’ve been interested in the bizarre, almost clownish effect of trust erosion on our culture for many years now, and trying to imagine the shape of our information ecosystem — and world — to come. But a couple months back, a friend reminded me we’ve already been here. Or, at least those once behind the Iron Curtain have.
Anton grew up in what was once the Soviet Union, just after a small introduction of freedom blew the autocratic system to pieces. With a free press, every government lie for seventy years flooded the papers, but, paradoxically, what followed was not a world in which the people believed nothing. For a brief moment, the people believed everything. In this week’s feature, Anton tells the story.
-SOLANA
sydney sweeney has once again triggered the internet by showing off her curves in an ad. on the hypocrisy of these new critics, and why sweeney’s are the boobs america just can’t quit
a new novel imagines a world where we authorize american pirates to shoot down illegal chinese spy ships. here’s our review.
pirate wires #163 // palmer luckey vs. paul graham on american labor, unpacking the h-1b visa, and how tech stumbled into the red hot center of america’s battle over immigration