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Never quit your side hustle for a staff job
Nick and Kate discuss the origin and evolution of their media newsletter Embedded, from its accidental launch on Substack during the pandemic to nearly being absorbed into The Atlantic. They reflect on early mistakes, the value of reader monetization, and why declining The Atlantic's offer was ultimately the right decision.
Why am I so bad at replying to texts?
Kate Lindsay, editor of Embedded, discusses her decade-long struggle with replying to texts, a New Year's resolution she has failed at every year since at least 2017. She acknowledges owing responses to multiple people despite liking them and finding the conversations non-threatening, attributing her poor texting habits to a personal failing she repeatedly excuses.
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Episode 75 of Hip Replacement features Kate Lindsay discussing her relationship with The Sims and gaming habits, while the episode also covers Patreon's user exodus, the New York Times Amy Griffin piece, and a lesbian bar's role in journalism.
My Internet: Steven Hyden
Steven Hyden, music critic and author of a book about The Strokes, discusses his media consumption habits, skepticism toward AI and gambling apps, and his theory that public shit-talking has migrated from social media to private group chats. He emphasizes the importance of struggle in creative work and expresses concerns about the decline of traditional institutional media.
AI doesn’t ‘go rogue.’ Humans do
The author argues that humans anthropomorphize AI systems, projecting human qualities onto them through examples like Anthropic's Opus 3 blog and an AI actress named Tilly Norwood. This tendency to treat AI as sentient entities is being exploited by both media and AI fear-mongers to create false narratives about AI capabilities and risks.