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week 11 / 2026: pipelines and pylons

week 11 / 2026: pipelines and pylons

Reading round-up: the unfolding geopolitical sh*tshow has many dimensions, none of them nice, but in this edition of weeknotes I’m focussing on the infrastructural and sustainability futures—the consequences and, if we look further, the opportunities—of the conflict in the Gulf.
Paul Graham Raven Mar 15, 2026
week 2 / 2026: ... and the circus leaves town

week 2 / 2026: ... and the circus leaves town

Reading round-up: Rodney Brooks reassesses his own AI predictions; Dan Wang holds forth on China (and everything else); Bruce Sterling reports from the depths of the multitool rabbit-hole; an anthology of stories in homage to J G Ballard.
Paul Graham Raven Jan 11, 2026
week 43 / 2025: l'esprit de l'ascenseur

week 43 / 2025: l'esprit de l'ascenseur

Marketing 101 advises that you hone your elevator pitch. I'm increasingly convinced that simplifying problems this way just makes them worse in the long run.
Paul Graham Raven Oct 26, 2025

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