Patreon laid off twenty percent of its staff this week. Ninety-three people. It is the company’s largest cut since 2022, and if you have read enough of these announcements, you know the shape they usually take. This one is different, and the difference is worth slowing down for. The memo CEO Jack Conte sent his […]

In a YouTube video breaking down advertising executive Rory Sutherland’s “doorman fallacy,” there’s a story that should be required listening for anyone drawing up an AI implementation plan. A hotel has doormen, working in shifts, opening and closing the front door for guests. Management brings in consultants to find efficiencies, and the consultants notice something […]

George Sivulka, in his recent article “You Just Hired a Million Bad Employees,” makes an argument that stopped me mid-scroll: for the first time in history, humans are cheaper than software. Not because AI failed. Because almost nobody has learned to manage it yet. The article backs this up with two charts worth sitting with. […]