The Verge

theverge.com

05 August 2026 08:34

"In the place of problem-solving technology, companies have jumped on successive bandwagons like NFTs, the metaverse, and LLMs. What these all have in common is that they are not built to really solve a market problem. They are built to make VCs and companies rich." Read more: buff.ly/Yu2AUFy

Jon Bois

jonbois.bsky.social

05 August 2026 08:34

i'd say my dog is smarter than about 15% of billionaires. i know it'd probably be funnier if i said all of them, or 50% of them, or something like that, but i think 15% is realistically closer

Portia

portianoir.bsky.social

05 August 2026 08:23

Wise words

endeavorance 🕊️

endeavorance.camp

05 August 2026 08:23

To be clear, there is not much of a difference between a US health insurance CEO and a serial killer aside from the health insurance CEO being responsible for an order of magnitude more human suffering than the average serial killer while being paid millions to do it

✨🫧 SquidVT 🫧✨

convictedsquid.bsky.social

05 August 2026 08:23

If ever you catch me wearing this, do NOT mind your business. Hype me up. Tell me how cute I look. I might just blush.