Shorter this week as it was written right before my surgery.
ChatGPT Now Has PhD-Level Intelligence, and the Poor Personal Choices to Prove It - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency (mcsweeneys.net): True artificial intelligence …
Roger Ebert saying video games are not art is still haunting games - Polygon: Interesting take on a never ending debate.
Inside the Mafia of Pharma Pricing - BIG by Matt Stoller (thebignewsletter.com): Your drug prices are high because certain businesspeople want them to be and have the market power to make that a reality.
The New York Times' 'Incentives' Problem: When Controversy Trumps News Value (readtpa.com): Our press is run by people who like it broken.
Who Is Netflix’s Hillbilly Elegy For? (vulture.com): Hollywood loves its poverty porn.
The 'Never-Ending' Reboot Nightmare: 'This Isn't About Being Lazy' (theankler.com): Interesting look at the intersection between nostalgia in the boardroom, young people’s fascination with older shows, and fear in the accounting offices that is driving the reboot surge.
NYC to Boston in 100 minutes: a high-speed train proposal picks up steam - Gothamist: Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a country where we can have nice things?
Everyone have the best possible week!