Breaking the Outer Space Treaty and Ascending to the StarsDec 6
a 1967 treaty bans ownership and resource extraction in outer space, preventing colonization and development. we must end it to secure humanity's survival.
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"We have to stand for sanity." An interview with Chris Best, founder of Substack
diagnosing our "attention-monster social media," fighting back against our would-be censors, strategy for success, and doubling-down on free speech
Mike Solana
Nov 15, 2021
Bonus piece this week. I had the incredible pleasure of interviewing Chris Best, the co-founder and CEO of Substack. Chris is a product nerd and builder of things presently working on Substack, a tool for writers to go independent, publish their work to email on the web, and make money from subscriptions. Their big ambitious goal: build an alternate media universe with different laws that lead to better outcomes. Below, a critique of the last decade of social media incentives, a stand against our would-be censors, and a firm commitment to free expression.
FYI, the following has been lightly edited for clarity and concision.
Breaking the Outer Space Treaty and Ascending to the Stars
EU Slams X With $140m Fine for 'Deceptive' Blue ChecksDec 5
after threatening american tech companies for years, the eu finally hits 𝕏 with its first major penalty under the digital services act
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AI: Queer Lives Matter, Straight Lives Don'tDec 3
when prompted with thousands of moral dilemmas, most large language models consistently save queer and trans people from terminal illness before straight and cisgender people
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