Nick Pappageorge // Tech analyst at large
A guide to getting technical in the age of AI March 14, 2023. A day that will live in infamy. Just months earlier, I was dismissing GPT3 and 3.5 as glorified SmarterChild. And then GPT-4 arrived. I threw some coding questions at it and what came back floored me. The thinking was clear. The code Continue reading How To Get Good With Computers
And how memetics will guide future tech products Who controls the memes controls the universe tweeted Elon Musk, referencing a line from Dune. Somehow it feels both trollish and profound. If you live on the internet, you know it when you see it. Memes are everywhere. More importantly, it feels like memes matter today. A Continue reading Audio, Evolution, and Memes: Why TikTok Is The First YouTube…
[this first appeared in Audio-First, a newsletter focused on audio] I m slowly stumbling towards a Grand Unifying Theory of Media. I’m not there yet, but I previously reduced it to “mind control.” That’s effectively the game for creators: how desirable was your mind control? As the neuroeconomist Paul Zak notes, “A good story’s a good Continue reading The Metaverse: A Grand Unifying Theory of…
And why I m long distracted consumption [This first appeared on Audio-First, my newsletter tracking the audio space.] With over 2 billion monthly users, it’s no secret that Youtube is the world’s largest video platform. But could it also be the #1 audio platform as well? In one of my favorite summaries of the audio space, Alex Danco highlighted how Continue reading YouTube Is The World’s Largest…
Recently, I started a newsletter about tech, music, and audio that I m calling Audio-First. Earlier this year, my thoughts on AirPods got some fanfare. And as a tech analyst by day and a guitarist music fanatic by night, I felt like I have a lot to say about the space. So I ve started a Continue reading Why I Started Newsletter About Audio-First Tech
My friend Nikhil has written a lot about experiences. Even back in 2016, he had an insight that as tech makes everything cheap, the last thing to be commoditized will be authentic IRL experiences. And unlike many internet thinkers, he has walked the walk on this thesis and has since organized a series of experimental Continue reading Thank You For Coming To My TED Talk
After writing the post on why I m watching audio/airpods, I was asked to give a talk at Betaworks Render event. The event was centered on the exact topic, so my speech was a chance to refine those ideas. Here s a recording to check out. The audio quality could be better, but the slides convey plenty Continue reading AirPods: Our First Taste of Transhumanism (VIDEO)
This summer I ve been really into the work of George Gilder, a Silicon Valley stock picker turned public intellectual. At age 79, Gilder is still out there writing books and doing podcasts (where he ll occasionally shill Blockstack and rag on Bitcoin s 21M hard cap). But Gilder often says insightful and incisive things, especially about tech Continue reading Gilder, Gold, And The Information…
Recently, I went home to Chicago for one of my favorite events of the summer: Pitchfork Music Festival. I love going to Pitchfork because it s a peek into the future. For the uninitiated—and it is a bit cultish—Pitchfork is an online magazine known for its music reviews that rate albums out of 10.0. And for Continue reading Pop Is Now Good, Rappers Are The New (Indie) Rock Stars, And Other…
Right now it feels like an open secret that AirPods are more monumental than they seem. It s not another bluetooth gadget we ll forget about in 6 months. It s our first taste of transhumanism. I ll never forget showing a friend my pair for the first time. He sampled a song, shook his head like a madman, Continue reading Why I m Closely Watching (/Listening To) The Audio Space