Happy Semiquincentennial America!

It’s a holiday, so I’ll keep this brief before fireworks coruscate the night sky: America was and is the greatest living experiment in cultivating human…

Jul 4 • Danny Crichton

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June 2026

Career suicide, whatever it takes

A review of four new books on China, the U.S. and tech

Jun 27 • Danny Crichton

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Kim Jong Un, Negotiator Extraordinaire

How North Korea used crypto and defense tech to build its influence

Jun 20 • Danny Crichton

USG kills Anthropic Fable 5, and the future of America's software empire

The ecstasy and decline of getting high (margins)

Jun 13 • Danny Crichton

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March 2026

The anodyne bonhomie of Hill and Valley will soon be a relic

One last breath of normality for the Valley set before the Hill populists attack

Mar 26 • Danny Crichton

Trump’s AI framework concedes the backlash is real

With Americans increasingly negative, a new approach is needed to galvanize support for AI progress

Mar 23 • Danny Crichton

GPT-5.4 plays Riskgaming like Machiavelli

An experimental exploration of strategic agentic thinking

Mar 18 • Danny Crichton

AI super persuasion is not an existential risk

A recent discussion highlighted concerns around recursive improvement

Mar 16 • Danny Crichton

Iran is a masterstroke to stop the AI backlash

Who can blame data centers for energy prices now?

Mar 12 • Danny Crichton

February 2026

Trouncing career regret with famed VC Bill Gurley

Mentors, obsessions, and going where the action is

Feb 26 • Danny Crichton

Are social sciences dead in the agentic age?

A dispatch from Silicon Valley

Feb 24 • Danny Crichton

January 2026

Can sports betting overthrow Iran?

Dustin Gouker on Polymarket, Kalshi, and whether prediction markets will take over our world.

Jan 28 • Danny Crichton