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A centralized blogging platform has evolved into the 'trifecta for online writers.' What are the consequences of not joining?
Michael Dean
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May 2022

We're in a newsletter arms-race. What happens when everyone has one and they all sound the same? Overwhelm, skimming, and email fatigue. What makes a…
Michael Dean
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March 2022

This was written during a live 2-hour writing workshop. I’m still working on it, and need to do some fact-checking and polishing. If you have comments…
Michael Dean
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February 2022

Back in December, I started a public interstitial journal. A few times a day, maybe every hour or so, I'd write down what I was thinking. I was…
Michael Dean

September 2021

Our ideas around life-extension are dated: The brain in a vat. Cryogenically frozen billionaires. Uploading our brain via USB-C to a Ray Kurzweil…
Michael Dean

May 2021

Beeple’s “Everydays” NFT sold for $69 million. The fact that it’s an NFT is the least exciting part about it. This essay is about Beeple’s process. Your…
Michael Dean
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January 2021

I imagine that everyone who writes online started with only a subconscious inkling of why they wanted to do it. Then, through the act of doing, I…
Michael Dean
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July 2020

Architecture school was a 5-year military-grade boot camp for designers. Why does studio culture motivate students so intensely? We’ll look into the…
Michael Dean
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