My favourite blogs
Thu Aug 10 2023E.W.Ayers
1. Technology
Lambda the Ultimate is a programming languages news/articles aggregation blog.
Lilian Weng does the best AI blogging
Andrej Karpathy (+ some Medium posts) - Edan Meyer (video) does fantastic AI paper reviews.
Vitalik Buterin is a steady but optimistic voice in cryptocurrencies.
2. Software business
Paul Graham, the best-of is in a book Hackers and Painters.
Joel Spolsky unfortunately doesn't blog anymore but there is a big backlog. I recommend the printed collections.
3. Progressive philosophy
By this I mean this new blend of progress studies, rationalism and effective altruism.
Dwarkesh Patel is the best podcaster ever. I've listened to most of the episodes twice. (youtube channel)
Zvi Mowshowitz, also an AI newsletter. He also wrote detailed weekly reports of the pandemic.
Construction Physics by Brian Potter. I love technical articles aimed at a non-specialist and this hits perfectly.
Devon Zuegel is fantastic.
Marginal Revolution is a stream-of-conciousness firehose but it's good.
4. Other
Sam Kriss is an excellent writer, reminds me of Charlie Brooker's old Guardian articles.
Exurbia (youtube) does fun youtube videos and also good fiction.