A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in my editorial and the weekly video. Content this week from @sama, @stratechery, @annasofialesiv, @albertwenger, @vkhosla, @reedalbergotti, @chloexiang, @go...

A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in my editorial and the weekly video. Content this week from @sama, @stratechery, @annasofialesiv, @albertwenger, @vkhosla, @reedalbergotti, @chloexiang, @go...

ContentsEditorial: Are You a Communist?Essays of the WeekWho Is Shou Zi Chew, the TikTok CEO Trying to Reassure America?U.S. Tech Should Support TikTok at This MomentHow to Fix the TikTok ProblemBanning TikTok Is Unconstitutional, Ludicrous, and a National EmbarrassmentTikTok CEO says it wasn’t ‘spying’ when ByteDance employees surveilled journalistsTeens Social Media Habits and ExperiencesSociety's Technical Debt and Software's Gutenberg MomentThe Age of AI has begunAmazon Faces Mo...

ContentsEditorial: Are You a Communist?Essays of the WeekWho Is Shou Zi Chew, the TikTok CEO Trying to Reassure America?U.S. Tech Should Support TikTok at This MomentHow to Fix the TikTok ProblemBanning TikTok Is Unconstitutional, Ludicrous, and a National EmbarrassmentTikTok CEO says it wasn’t ‘spying’ when ByteDance employees surveilled journalistsTeens Social Media Habits and ExperiencesSociety's Technical Debt and Software's Gutenberg MomentThe Age of AI has begunAmazon Faces Mo...

A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in my editorial and the weekly video.Content this week from @stuwoo @mvpeers @JuliaAngwin @chloexiang @vice @neuwaves @jason_keobler @tayhatmaker @pkedrosky ...

A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in my editorial and the weekly video.Content this week from @stuwoo @mvpeers @JuliaAngwin @chloexiang @vice @neuwaves @jason_keobler @tayhatmaker @pkedrosky ...

As The Crisis Deepens (editorial)Richard Woolf published “Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens” in 2016. It doesn’t have a lot of relevance here except for the prescient title. The collapse of SVB, Signature Bank, and the current crisis at Credit Suisse and First Republic are all emblematic of a serious structural problem caused by the Federal Reserve’s rapid rise in interest rates and the low interest paid by long-term bonds.However, even those two phenomena can only be understood in the context of t...

As The Crisis Deepens (editorial)Richard Woolf published “Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens” in 2016. It doesn’t have a lot of relevance here except for the prescient title. The collapse of SVB, Signature Bank, and the current crisis at Credit Suisse and First Republic are all emblematic of a serious structural problem caused by the Federal Reserve’s rapid rise in interest rates and the low interest paid by long-term bonds.However, even those two phenomena can only be understood in the context of t...

A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in my editorial and the weekly video.Content this week from @AlphaSignalAI, @kleinerperkins, @thegeneralistco, @theinformation, @htaneja, @om, @mslopatto, @g...

A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in my editorial and the weekly video.Content this week from @AlphaSignalAI, @kleinerperkins, @thegeneralistco, @theinformation, @htaneja, @om, @mslopatto, @g...

Podcast:A bonus 31-minute interview I did with Alejandro CremadesContentsEditorial: Silicon Valley Bank. Canary in the Coal Mine?Essays of the WeekSilicon Valley Bank CEO Tells VC Clients to ‘Stay Calm’Silicon Valley Bank shoots self in footA Great Thread by Genevieve Roch-DecterAnother Good Thread, by Turner NovakSome SVB customers are struggling to wire funds out of the bankSilicon Valley Bank’s Stock Plunge Sends Jitters Through The Startup WorldBanks Lose Billions in Value After Tech Lend...

Podcast:A bonus 31-minute interview I did with Alejandro CremadesContentsEditorial: Silicon Valley Bank. Canary in the Coal Mine?Essays of the WeekSilicon Valley Bank CEO Tells VC Clients to ‘Stay Calm’Silicon Valley Bank shoots self in footA Great Thread by Genevieve Roch-DecterAnother Good Thread, by Turner NovakSome SVB customers are struggling to wire funds out of the bankSilicon Valley Bank’s Stock Plunge Sends Jitters Through The Startup WorldBanks Lose Billions in Value After Tech Lend...

A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in my editorial and the weekly video. ContentsEditorial: Silicon Valley Bank. Canary in the Coal Mine?Essays of the WeekSilicon Valley Bank CEO Tells VC Clie...

A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in my editorial and the weekly video. ContentsEditorial: Silicon Valley Bank. Canary in the Coal Mine?Essays of the WeekSilicon Valley Bank CEO Tells VC Clie...

ContentsEditorial: Venture Apocalypse?Essays of the WeekChamath Palihapitiya: It could take three years for the market to ‘accurately’ reprice late-stage cosChatGPT Heralds an Intellectual RevolutionThank you, OpenAIYou Are Not a Parrot: And, a chatbot is not a human.OpenAI CEO on the Potential of AI to Break CapitalismChatGPT allowed in International Baccalaureate essaysSnapchat Integrates ChatGPT Elements into New ‘My AI’ Tool In-AppWinners and losers in the race to add AIIs it time to hit ...

ContentsEditorial: Venture Apocalypse?Essays of the WeekChamath Palihapitiya: It could take three years for the market to ‘accurately’ reprice late-stage cosChatGPT Heralds an Intellectual RevolutionThank you, OpenAIYou Are Not a Parrot: And, a chatbot is not a human.OpenAI CEO on the Potential of AI to Break CapitalismChatGPT allowed in International Baccalaureate essaysSnapchat Integrates ChatGPT Elements into New ‘My AI’ Tool In-AppWinners and losers in the race to add AIIs it time to hit ...

A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in my editorial and the weekly video. ContentsEditorial: Venture Apocalypse?Essays of the WeekChamath Palihapitiya: It could take three years for the market ...

A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in my editorial and the weekly video. ContentsEditorial: Venture Apocalypse?Essays of the WeekChamath Palihapitiya: It could take three years for the market ...

I am also adding a bonus podcast this week - the IntelligenceSquared debate between myself and Will ChatGPT Do More Harm Than Good?ContentsEditorialEssays of the Week: Section 203; Israel; AI; ChinaHow two supreme court battles could reshape the rules of the internetShould tech platforms be liable for the content they carry?Top venture capital fund calls on its companies to move most cash out of IsraelThe Israeli government hereby declares war on… Israeli high-techIsrael’s proposed legal refo...

I am also adding a bonus podcast this week - the IntelligenceSquared debate between myself and Will ChatGPT Do More Harm Than Good?ContentsEditorialEssays of the Week: Section 203; Israel; AI; ChinaHow two supreme court battles could reshape the rules of the internetShould tech platforms be liable for the content they carry?Top venture capital fund calls on its companies to move most cash out of IsraelThe Israeli government hereby declares war on… Israeli high-techIsrael’s proposed legal refo...