Power Bottom Task Force
As a dying empire the United States has lost the ability to top, but that won't stop it from power bottoming.
Matt Wiese
Matt Wiese is a software engineer and data scientist.
Latest posts
Selling Your Soul
During the American Century of Humiliation all that can be done is to pick your song and dance.
Hotboxing the Atmosphere
The unprecedented fires across the world's boreal forests is one of many feedback loops.
Hydrocarbon Death Cult
So what if we poison and scorch the Earth? A stable climate and healthy biosphere is for suckers.
All My Apes Gone
A discussion of Animoca Brands and what value it may or may not have.
Using Hinge as a Command & Control Server
A proof of concept demonstrating how to use the Hinge dating app as a C2.
Tokenize Deez Nuts
Will tokenization be the vector by which Capital unlocks assets previously unable to be leveraged?
Our K-Shaped Nihilism
Imagine post-Soviet Russia but with obesity and more train derailments.
A Splendid Housing Bubble
The Finger Lakes would make a great heatsink in a dismal Blade Runner future.
The Finger Lakes and Watershed-Scale Computing
The Finger Lakes would make a great heatsink in a dismal Blade Runner future.
The Tendency for the Accumulation of Capital to Accelerate
If it takes money to make money, what happens if I have all the money?
Emotive Forces Shape The Gestalt of the Brand Identity
Pepsi, brand identity, and your brain on postmodernism.
The Large Language Mammon
The Market, Mammon and a Large Language Model walk into a bar.
My Brainrot Demands Slop: Infinite Jest and GenAI
The parallel between GenAI Slop and Infinite Jest's The Entertainment
What Fiscal Dominance Means for Your Polycule
Frolicking through fiscal dominance with the findom baddies in my polycule
There Is No Bubble
My thoughts on data center buildout and demand for compute, and how that relates to the 'tech bubble'
Optimizing My Sleep Around Claude Usage Limits
My experiment optimizing my sleep schedule around maximizing my Claude Pro subscription usage.