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Heriz
The rug at the centre of every American living room of any pretension between roughly 1890 and 1940 was, very probably, …
Date
2026-05-14
Words
3696
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18 min
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B
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D
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
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D
Reading the Antique
There is in the connoisseur’s habit of mind a quiet expectation that any object of sufficient age, well-made, will …
Date
2026-05-14
Words
1254
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6 min
Power
E
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B
Range
E
Durability
E
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E
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D
AI in the Slaughterhouse
The kill floor of a modern American beef packing plant moves at a speed that does not lend itself to deliberation. A …
Date
2026-05-14
Words
2424
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12 min
Power
D
Speed
C
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
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D
AI at 3 a.m.
Three in the morning is not, by any usual reckoning, a productive hour. The work day is long over, the next is far off; …
Date
2026-05-14
Words
2306
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11 min
Power
D
Speed
C
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
Foursquare - Reading the American House
The American Foursquare is unusual in this series in that it has, by any reasonable reckoning, no architect, no …
Date
2026-05-14
Words
5491
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26 min
Power
A
Speed
E
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
The Chinese AI Trajectory
This is the fifth and final post in a series cataloguing predictions about the major AI labs through the end of 2028. …
Date
2026-05-13
Words
3476
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17 min
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C
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D
Range
A
Durability
E
Precision
E
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D
The Meta AI Trajectory
This is the fourth post in a series cataloguing predictions about the major AI labs through the end of 2028. The series …
Date
2026-05-13
Words
3366
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16 min
Power
C
Speed
D
Range
A
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
The Google DeepMind Trajectory
This is the third post in a series cataloguing predictions about the major AI labs through the end of 2028. The first …
Date
2026-05-13
Words
3753
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18 min
Power
B
Speed
D
Range
A
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
The OpenAI Trajectory
This is the second post in a series cataloguing predictions about the major AI labs through the end of 2028. The first …
Date
2026-05-13
Words
2986
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15 min
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C
Speed
D
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A
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
- ANTIQUES
Reading the Antique
There is in the connoisseur’s habit of mind a quiet expectation that any object of sufficient age, well-made, will on inspection prove to have a story …
- AI
AI in the Slaughterhouse
The kill floor of a modern American beef packing plant moves at a speed that does not lend itself to deliberation. A large plant — at IBP, JBS, Cargill, …
- AI
AI at 3 a.m.
Three in the morning is not, by any usual reckoning, a productive hour. The work day is long over, the next is far off; the company one had at dinner has gone …
- ARCHITECTURE
Foursquare - Reading the American House
The American Foursquare is unusual in this series in that it has, by any reasonable reckoning, no architect, no manifesto, no period name of its own, and no …
- AI
The Chinese AI Trajectory
This is the fifth and final post in a series cataloguing predictions about the major AI labs through the end of 2028. The series also covers Anthropic, OpenAI, …
- AI
The Meta AI Trajectory
This is the fourth post in a series cataloguing predictions about the major AI labs through the end of 2028. The series also covers Anthropic, OpenAI, and …
- AI
The Google DeepMind Trajectory
This is the third post in a series cataloguing predictions about the major AI labs through the end of 2028. The first two posts covered Anthropic and OpenAI; …
- AI
The OpenAI Trajectory
This is the second post in a series cataloguing predictions about the major AI labs through the end of 2028. The first post covered Anthropic; subsequent posts …
| Date | Category | Title | Words | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | antiques | Louis XV | 4056 | 20 min |
| 2026-05-14 | antiques | Heriz | 3696 | 18 min |
| 2026-05-14 | antiques | Reading the Antique | 1254 | 6 min |
| 2026-05-14 | ai | AI in the Slaughterhouse | 2424 | 12 min |
| 2026-05-14 | ai | AI at 3 a.m. | 2306 | 11 min |
| 2026-05-14 | architecture | Foursquare - Reading the American House | 5491 | 26 min |
| 2026-05-13 | ai | The Chinese AI Trajectory | 3476 | 17 min |
| 2026-05-13 | ai | The Meta AI Trajectory | 3366 | 16 min |
| 2026-05-13 | ai | The Google DeepMind Trajectory | 3753 | 18 min |
| 2026-05-13 | ai | The OpenAI Trajectory | 2986 | 15 min |