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Lessig's 'code is law': software architecture regulates behaviour as surely as statutes, social norms and markets do, so whoever writes the code is writing policy. Revised in 2006, before the iPhone and large language models, and more prescient with every platform fight since.
July 20, 2026
Dynomight on the coming end of pseudonymity, Brian Potter scores 239 laws against their promises, and a Sears-catalog rewrite of American growth.
March 16, 2026
Sean Carroll's Mindscape episode on surveillance, Gwern's writing process revealed, and Martha Nussbaum on why fear is toxic to democracy.
April 6, 2026
AI Snake Oil on scaling myths, Import AI on 100K training runs, and Tyler Cowen finds AI in the productivity statistics for real this time.
