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week 15 / 2026: cynicism and credulity

week 15 / 2026: cynicism and credulity

As the months pass, the surprise is no longer that hype and outright fiction are made to pass for truth, but rather that everyone seemingly already knows, and has made some sort of peace with it—whether resigned or enthusiastic. But how much longer can cynicism and credulity prevail?
Paul Graham Raven Apr 12, 2026
week 12 / 2026: agents and agency

week 12 / 2026: agents and agency

This week’s reading notes take a blog post by Matt Jones as their springboard, and as an invitation to ask the unacknowledged political-economic question lurking beneath even this fairly sane and sober look at the so-called “agentic” revolution. That question is: “do we really need or want this?”
Paul Graham Raven Mar 22, 2026
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 8 / 2026: maps and compasses

week 8 / 2026: maps and compasses

Reading round-up: wind-powered freight (and how I think about weak signals); how audiences have come to understand the working of worlds; what science fiction has to teach strategists.
Paul Graham Raven Feb 22, 2026

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