★ THE COLUMN ★ WEEKLY DISPATCH ★
FIVE MINUTES.
ONE TAKE.
EVERY WEDNESDAY.
PANEL GAPS AND OTHER ACTS OF GOD
What we talk about when we talk about tolerances.
MJM6 MIN
THE LAUNCHPAD IS A NARRATIVE DEVICE
Falcon 9 is a triumph. The story it tells is doing other work.
MJM7 MIN
ROBOTAXI IS A PRESS RELEASE
Five years and counting. The product is the announcement.
MJM4 MIN
THE BORING COMPANY IS NOT A COMPANY
It's a punchline that incorporated.
MJM5 MIN
STARLINK AND THE FEUDALISM OF BANDWIDTH
Connectivity as patronage. A short note.
MJM6 MIN
NEURALINK AND THE MONKEY AT THE KEYBOARD
Press releases, primates, and the long history of premature demos.
MJM8 MIN
DOGECOIN AS MONETARY POLICY
What it means when the Fed is a meme account.
MJM5 MIN
FIRST PRINCIPLES, THIRD ATTEMPT
How a phrase becomes a brand becomes a tic.
MJM4 MIN
OPTIMUS AND THE UNCANNY VALLEY OF LABOR
On humanoid robots, dance routines, and what a demo is for.
MJM7 MIN
THE CYBERTRUCK IS A VIBE
And vibes, increasingly, are products.
MJM5 MIN
HYPERLOOP: AN OBITUARY
It was a slideshow. We treated it like infrastructure.
MJM6 MIN
TWITTER FILES AND OTHER GENRES
What kind of document is this, exactly.
MJM8 MIN