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Synthetic Expertise: It is A Great Time to Be a Know-It-All
The Web gave us every answer. Social media proved we wouldn't look them up. AI has closed the loop: now we're convinced we already know everything.
Jul 23
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Dan Costa
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[ICYMI] Stop Asking What AI Automates. Ask Who It Hires
Factory electrification took 20 years, and it created entirely new jobs–electricians, industrial engineers, and assembly line workers. The AI job wave…
Jul 6
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Dan Costa
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Stop Asking What AI Automates. Ask Who It Hires
Factory electrification took 20 years, and it created entirely new jobs–electricians, industrial engineers, and assembly line workers. The AI job wave…
Jul 2
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Dan Costa
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May 2026
Welcome to the Biohacking Economy
Function Health, WHOOP, SuppCo, Next Health. Four subscriptions, more than a billion in venture capital, and one healthcare system being assembled…
May 28
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Dan Costa
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Generative Ghosts Have Landlords
The grief tech industry is already worth $13 billion, but what happens when the company hosting your dead grandmother raises their prices?
May 21
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Dan Costa
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Vivienne Ming Wants to Make You a Cyborg
The theoretical neuroscientist on the 95/5 divide, the Jiffy Lube economy, and what separates the people AI makes sharper from the ones it hollows out.
May 14
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Dan Costa
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The Accelerationist and the Steward
Two visions of the AI future were on stage at HumanX. The disagreement between them is now larger than that between optimists and doomers.
May 12
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Dan Costa
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April 2026
Six Takeaways from HumanX
AI is leaving the screen — moving into physical space, corporate workflows, and the labor market. Here's what 6,000 executives at Moscone saw coming.
Apr 23
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Dan Costa
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The Never Ending Pivot to Video
Short-form drives discovery. Long-form builds loyalty. A SXSW masterclass reframes how media actually works now.
Apr 14
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Dan Costa
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March 2026
The Business of Being “Optimal”
A $199 blood test promises earlier insight, tighter control, and a longer runway on health. The real product may be something else entirely: a…
Mar 31
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Dan Costa
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AI Is Creating a Cognitive Divide
Generative AI is boosting productivity across knowledge work. The real split is emerging between those who use it to accelerate tasks and those who use…
Mar 19
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Dan Costa
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The Electric Screwdriver Economy
At SXSW this year, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said AI has already split the workforce into those using AI to multiply their productivity and those…
Mar 17
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Dan Costa
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