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Chris Best
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Co-founder and CEO of Substack. cb.substack.com
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Nice day today. How is everyone on here doing?
June 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Any tips for getting over an X?
January 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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I launched my new indie writing/research project today! a 21st century "anthropology of disruption"

I plan to explore the places where the past and future collide—what happens when frontier tech meets established communities and institutions?

some questions on my mind + find me at jasmi.news
Neo-cities: When do people start new cities vs. reforming existing ones? Is Singapore an urbanist paradise or technofascist dystopia? What can the US learn from Special Economic Zones? Can you do urban renewal right? What’s the difference between Esmeralda and California Forever? Why do most charter cities fail? How might they succeed? 21st century privacy: Why do teens have so many randos on Find My Friends? Do CCTVs work? Who ought we most fear surveillance from: corporations, the government, or each other? Should I tell Claude my secrets? Should I use a period tracking app? How much will people trade privacy for safety and convenience? What is being lost, and how might we recover it? The politics of progress: Where did IFP come from? Where do the left and right factions disagree? Is Trump e/acc? What’s up with DOGE? What differs from prior eras of tech-government partnership? How much is driven by China fear (and envy)? Will tech-driven abundance trickle down to normal people? What compromises will be made? Can San Francisco be saved? AI adaptation: Who is adopting AI the fastest? Outside Silicon Valley? Outside the US? Where are the bottlenecks? How do I “feel the AGI”? Can “safety” outcompete arms race incentives? (Must someone die first?) Seriously—what do we do about jobs? Will I know when I’ve been automated? How much power will we delegate? What will we hold tight?
January 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Hello! Is this thing on?
November 30, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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Hello world
January 24, 2023 at 7:34 AM