"Eliminating antitrust would do great things to keep people together."

This is a perfect example of the risk-aversion vs. full throttle approach.

Was at a closed-door gathering yesterday about men and the election this year. One thing came up multiple times: a feeling Dems (and particularly Dem staffers) were too risk averse--discouraging Harris and surrogates from engaging in the emerging spaces that Trump went on to dominate.

"I don’t think there’s a trend towards actual conservatism in the Valley — there’s a trend towards monopoly and corruption, and that’s led a bunch of VCs directly to Trump." www.status.news/p/nilay-pate...

This is an insightful essay - and you can listen to the author read it.

Truly that rarest of things, a newspaper article about American masculinity that is very much worth reading.

Lost my mind at the Napoleon trailer when he said his famous catchphrase

(Did I sort of forget I was on Bluesky? Perhaps. Will I forget again? Also perhaps)

🚨New piece alert!🚨 Keke Palmer’s boyfriend is acting up, Jonah Hill is a lame, and at least one guy you know has turned into an absolute weirdo. What’s going on with men?? I spent a few months investigating… https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/10/christine-emba-masculinity-new-model/